German workers under siege
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From assembly lines to retail counters, these are bitter and confusing days for German workers.
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There are violent clashes in the German city of Kiel as demonstrators oppose a rally by the far-right NPD.
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During much of Germany&#39;s postwar economic boom, as prosperity mounted and car sales multiplied, workers at the Opel automobile factory here
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Labour conflict looks set to boil over in the German automobile sector in the coming weeks as car makers such as Volkswagen and Opel seek to impose rigorous belt-tightening measures as an answer to chronically weak demand.
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Longer working hours have sparked a heated debate in several northern European countries where businesses seek to remain competitive and unions claim jobs are being held hostage.
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Volkswagen enters a fresh round of talks with its workers on Tuesday but analysts say little headway is likely as unions protest against the carmaker's threats to axe more than 30,000 employees in Germany.
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German police use water cannon on stone-throwing demonstrators.
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Deep in the heart of Germany's Ruhr Valley, a column of 25,000 angry blue-collar workers and their families has taken to the streets of Bochum, waving banners and red union flags, beating drums and blowing ...
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WOLFSBURG, Germany : Around 4,000 workers at three factories of German car giant Volkswagen halted production for about an hour overnight in the first official warning strikes aimed at putting pressure on management in the deadlocked wage talks, unions
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Thousands of Germans took to the streets on Saturday in the northern German city of Kiel against a neo-Nazis rally and police detained dozens of protesters.
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German police battled thousands of anti-globalisation protesters with water cannons to stop them getting close to the annual summit of the world&#39;s rich nations.
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Staff are to receive counselling to help them cope with the ordeal, which involved the families of two employees being held hostage for over 24 hours.
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German police clash with hundreds of anti-globalisation demonstrators in Hamburg, arresting 21 people.
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Volkswagen workers in Braunschweig were among 15,000 who yesterday staged token stoppages across Germany over the group&#39;s demands for cuts in labour costs, including a two-year pay freeze.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Anti-capitalist protesters clashed with police, injuring eight, as they tried to blockade routes to a Group of Eight summit in northern Germany. police said.
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Strikes are set to continue on the German rail system after staff seeking higher wages caused widespread disruption on Tuesday.
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Angry workers at an Opel car plant in Germany stayed off the job yesterday, continuing their protest against plans by parent company General Motors for thousands of job cuts and defying calls from union leaders and the government to return to work.