About 10,000 retail workers in Germany went out on strike on Friday, primarily against the nationwide grocery chain Edeka, according to the trade union verdi. “There are probably close to 10,000 employees on strike today,” the union told dpa. Edeka emphasized that the stores were open despite the strike. The latest strike comes during contentious and deadlocked collective bargaining talks between verdi and retail industry leaders. A number of brief strikes during the busy shopping season just before Christmas failed to force a compromise. The labour disputes so far have largely resulted in emp…