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Germany's biggest union calls for 4-day week to save thousands of jobs | DW | 15.08.2020


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The IG Metall union thinks a shorter working week could now help prevent mass layoffs.Germany's largest trade union IG Metall proposed a four-day working week ahead of the next round of collective bargaining talks due to begin next year, reported German media on Saturday.The shorter week would be "the answer to structural changes in sectors such as the automotive industry," said union chair Jörg Hoffman to German national newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung."With this, jobs in the industry can be kept instead of being written off," added Hoffman.Germany's automotive industry — one of the mainstays of the country's economy —is undergoing a major transformation to e-mobility, spurred by concerns over climate change as well as increasing automation and digitalization.

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