Economics
Europe’s Inflation Shock Fizzles in German Post-Crisis Pay Talks
- 5% pay demands may struggle to succeed based on recent deals
- Job preservation, challenges for economy are on unions’ minds
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The prospect that Europe’s surging inflation could stoke pay is being put to the test in the region’s largest economy as 3.5 million Germans in the public sector struggle to secure significant raises in wage talks.