Strikes loom as 200,000 German bank staff fight for hefty pay rise

Economy
FRANKFURT, June 19 (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of bank employees in Europe’s largest economy are fighting for pay increases of up to 16% to cope with rising living costs and unions are warning of possible strikes.
Pay negotiations for Germany’s public and private bank employees follow a spike in costs that has hit ordinary workers hard, while the banks have benefited from the higher interest rates imposed to combat inflation.
Source: REUTER

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