German bakers threaten pretzel strike during Oktoberfest — theguardian.com

Bakers in Bavaria are threatening to go on strike during Germany's famous Oktoberfest over a pay dispute, depriving beer festival-goers of their traditional salty pretzel accompaniment, a report said on Sunday. Mustafa Oz, deputy regional president of the NGG gastronomy union, was quoted as saying in Monday's edition of Focus news magazine: "If we don't get any further by mid-September, we'll strike in the bakeries. Then there will be a lack of pretzels and bread rolls" at the Oktoberfest, which starts on 20 September.

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