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Deutsche Bank’s Postbank Faces Demand for 15.5% Pay Increase

  • Demand applies to lender´s retail business arm Postbank
  • Prior wage talks didn’t reflect high inflation, union says

The demand by German labor union Verdi would affect around 12,000 employees.

Photographer: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images
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Deutsche Bank AG is facing a demand for a 15.5% pay increase at its Postbank retail business, adding to cost pressures for Chief Executive Officer Christian Sewing as he seeks to make good on a pledge to raise profitability.

The demand by German labor union Verdi would affect around 12,000 employees, the Verdi labor union said in a statement Thursday.