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Strikes averted - good or bad news?

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Jörg Luyken
Nov 21, 2022
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It is the sort of news that you pay particular attention to as a journalist at times like this. For the past few weeks Germany’s most powerful trade union, IG Metall, has been calling on its members to down tools in a wage dispute with employers.

But on Friday evening, the two sides reached a compromise agreement.

IG Metall represents c…

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