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German Industrial Workers to Get Pay Raises in 2-Year Deal
The country's biggest industrial union struck a deal that will see millions of workers get raises totaling 8.5% over two years as well as one-time payments meant to cushion the effect of sky-high inflation.
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People gather to watch the sun set behind the Throgs Neck Bridge at LIttle Bay Park Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. While New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said New York could be reaching a 'plateau' in hospitalizations, he warned that gains are dependent on people continuing to practice social distancing.
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Members of the cabinet talk prior to the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019.
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In a Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 file photo, Ferdinand Piech, the chairman of the supervisory of the board of VW, delivers his speech during the Volkswagen extraordinary general meeting in Hamburg, northern Germany. Piech has died, according to German media reports Monday, August 26, 2019. He was 82.
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F1 Great Niki Lauda Dies at 70
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In this Feb. 20, 2019 photo a man holds a weapon of the gun maker Heckler & Koch in Berlin, Germany. The regional court in the German city of Stuttgart has convicted two former employees of gun maker Heckler & Koch over their role in delivering weapons that ended up in troubled areas of Mexico. It has fined the company 3.7 million euros ($4.2 million), the value of the proceeds.
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