German union calls for strikes at Mercedes plant outside Berlin

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2026-11-08

Berlin (dpa) - Germany's powerful IG Metall union has called on employees of a Mercedes-Benz plant outside Berlin to take part in a two-hour strike, amid stalled wage negotiations. Local car supplier Gestamp in Ludwigsfelde, a town south of Berlin, is also called on to participate. The industrial action will start on Monday morning at the Mercedes plant, a union spokesman said. The union wants to send a signal after failing to reach agreement in......

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