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Germany’s Eight-Hour Day Challenged by Weekly Cap Plan as Unions Step Up Fight

Fresh polling shows broad worker resistance to longer days, bolstering union campaigns against the coalition plan.

Germany Advances Weekly Work-Hour Cap as Unions Resist Overhaul

Germany Advances Overtime Reform with Proposal for 13-Hour Shifts

German Government Proposes Weekly 48-Hour Work Cap in Labor Law Overhaul

German Labor Law Changes Face Union and Political Resistance

Verdi Warns of Extended Strikes as Mediation in Public Sector Talks Continues