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Germany’s Biggest Union Starts Warning Strikes Over Wage Demands

Vats of molten metal sit in the oxygen converter hall at a metals plant in Germany.

Vats of molten metal sit in the oxygen converter hall at a metals plant in Germany.

Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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Germany’s biggest labor union began a series of walkouts that will continue in the coming week, as metals and electronics workers seek an 8% wage increase amid soaring inflation.