German trade union Verdi has called on workers at furniture maker IKEA and the wholesaler Metro to strike on Friday as part of a long-running wage dispute in the retail sector. Rallies are planned throughout Germany in city centres or at the affected retailers - including in Hamburg, Berlin, Erfurt, Kassel, Nuremberg and Bremen. "Both companies wield a lot of influence in the employers' collective bargaining committees and are not using this to push negotiations towards an agreement," said Verdi
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German trade union Verdi has called on retail workers across the country to walk off the job on Friday. "This is just the first of several strike and action highlights in the coming weeks," the union announced on Thursday. The current round of collective bargaining in the retail sector has been going on for months. Numerous strikes, for example directly before Christmas, were unable to change the deadlocked situation. So far, the industrial action has had little impact on customers because parti