The brewery strike begins, this is how it affects everyday life

Brewery And the strike on soft drinks starts on Sunday evening.

The three largest breweries in Finland are expected to last until Friday.

The brewery strike continues the strike of bakery workers in mid -March.

Who are on the strike?

Brewery And the strike of soft drinks factories has a total of about 1,000 employees.

Hartwall’s brewery in Lahti, Olvi Brewery in Iisalmi and Sinebrychoff Brewery in Kerava are included in the strike.

The breweries produce Finland’s most famous alcohol and soft drinks. The breweries on the strike produce, among other things, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Jaffa, Fanta, Tentacles, and Olvi-Sandels, Bear and Koff beer.

In addition, the strike touches Hartwall’s buckwheat storage in Helsinki and Sinebrychoff’s equipment service in Kerava.

How are breweries prepared?

Finnish They do not have to suffer a lack of drinking, convincing the breweries for HS on Sunday.

The breweries began to be prepared by filling the warehouses as soon as the possibility of a strike was heard.

“It’s not about fresh products,” comments Hartwall’s content and communications director Titta Jaakkola.

He states that some individual Hartwall drinks may begin to be missing from shops and restaurants if the strike is over Friday.

Olv is assured that there are so many products ready in stock that they have a good availability throughout the strike week.

Sinebrychoff Communications Manager Timo Mikkola says the strike will stop work in addition to the Kerava brewery at the Sinebrychoff Distribution Center. Thus, filling your own warehouses has not been a solution. However, the products have been ordered more in stores and restaurants, says Mikkola.

“If you have a particular drinking taste you want, you should go to get it early on the weekend,” says Mikkola.

What is the situation in the shops?

From the S Group It is reported that stores in stores are really filled. However, as the strike lasts more days, there may be shortcomings in some products, SOK’s Grocery Director Sampo overhead tells the message.

K-supermarket Tripla merchant Petri Miettinen says that alcohol and soft drinks are so bulky that they cannot be stored at once for the whole week.

“We usually get deliveries from big breweries three times a week. It gives little idea that one load is for only a few days,” says Miettinen.

He thinks that the first end of the most popular products and multi -packaging will be the first to end. That is, for example, Coca-Cola or Peps may need to be replaced by a more special limp or 8 or 15 packs with individual drinks.

« What ends up somewhere is a bit store -specific. In one place, there may be water and the other in the other beers (end), » Miettinen says.

What is the strike?

Brewery The stoppage is related to the food industry. The Finnish Food Workers ‘Association SEL and the Employers’ Association ETL have contributed to the industry’s collective agreements since the beginning of February.

The most significant disagreement applies to the working hours and wages of bakery workers.

On Friday, ETL would have been ready to accept a reconciliation that had a 100 % night work supplement for bakery workers.

However, SEL rejected the proposal for reconciliation because it interpreted the bakery workers’ working hours would continue to decline significantly from the current one.

Sel has also threatened with a strike on the meat and basic food industry, which was supposed to begin this coming Tuesday. However reported on Friday.