Major Danish public sector strikes postponed after long wage talks


  • World
  • Wednesday, 18 Apr 2018

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's public sector unions and employers have been given another 14 days to try and reach a wage agreement, putting off major strikes that could otherwise have hit the country this weekend.

The arbitrator Mette Christensen decided on Wednesday morning, after 19 hours of negotiations, to utilise her second and final option of postponing the strikes, the municipalities' negotiator Michael Ziegler announced on Facebook.

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