German public sector wage talks fail, enter truce phase

FILE PHOTO: Protestors demonstrate in front of 'Landungsbruecken' at the harbour during a nationwide strike called by the German trade union Verdi over a wage dispute in Hamburg, Germany, March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - German public sector employers and unions representing around 2.5 million workers entered a truce phase on Thursday after talks failed to resolve a wage dispute, days after the country's biggest strikes in decades.

A third round of negotiations lasting three days ended late on Wednesday without result, the Verdi and dbb unions said.