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Workers at Germany’s largest port in Hamburg in the north of the country started a two-day strike on Tuesday to demand higher wages, with workers from the port in Bremerhaven to the west of Hamburg to join the industrial action on Tuesday afternoon. “The strike has started as planned with the early shift at 6:30 am [0430 GMT],” said a spokesman for the verdi trade union. The employees are initially striking on a decentralized basis in front of their workplaces, and there will be a demonstration on Wednesday, the union said. Verdi said it wanted to increase the pressure on employers in the wage…

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