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May 2002 50,000 German Industrial Workers Begin Strike VOA News 6 May 2002 16:11 UTC  
Germany's largest industrial union, I.G. Metall, launched its first major strike in seven years, pressing for higher wages. Union chairman Klaus Zwickel told strikers at the Stuttgart headquarters of automaker Porsche, the walkouts will continue until the union achieves what he called an acceptable result. The metal, auto and engineering workers are staging a series of one-day walkouts at various plants in the southwestern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. Union officials say the strikes will hit more than 80 companies this week in southern Germany's industrial heartland. Talks with management broke down last month after the union rejected a 3.3 percent wage increase. At the time, the union was demanding a 4.0 percent hike, but is now seeking 6.5 percent. Economists say they are concerned that widespread strikes could harm Germany's economy, which has been recovering slowly from recession. Some information for this report provided by AP and AFP.
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Fifty thousand German industrial workers have gone on
strike, raising concern the walkout could harm Europe's largest
economy.