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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Public sector workers in Germany’s federal states have agreed on a wage deal with employers, the ver.di union said on Saturday, reflecting a similar deal between the government and municipalities struck in April. The agreement covers around 1.1 million workers, whose wages will rise by more than 11% on average by the time it ends on Oct. 31, 2025. “The wage agreement could only be reached because tens of thousands of employees put pressure on employers with strikes across the entire public service sector of the federal states,” ver.di chief Frank Werneke said in a stateme…

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