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A 24-hour strike has been called by the Verdi trade union and railway and transport union EVG, on behalf of around 2.5 million employees in the public sector...
A general view of the empty Cologne Central Station during a nationwide strike called by the German trade union Verdi over a wage dispute in Cologne, Germany (Credits: Reuters)..
Airports and bus and train stations across Germany were at a standstill on Monday morning, disrupting millions of commuters and travellers at the start of the work week during one of the largest walkouts in decades in Europe's largest economy...
The 24-hour strikes called by the Verdi trade union and railway and transport union EVG were the latest in months of industrial action that has hit major European economies as higher food and energy prices dent living standards...
The Verdi union is negotiating on behalf of around 2.5 million employees in the public sector, including in public transport and at airports, while railway and transport union EVG negotiates for around 230,000 employees at railway operator Deutsche Bahn and bus companies...
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