More than 400,000 workers are on strike in Germany, 3,800 factories have closed.
This is the largest strike in the German industrial sector.
The shutdown of the machines and production lines affected the flagships of the German automobile industry: Audi, Mercedes-Benz, B. from. Woo, Porsche and Volkswagen. The largest rally was at the Audi factory in the city of Nakersholm. There, over 6.5 thousand people went to the rally at once.
The employers' organizations refused to meet the protesters' conditions. They offered a significantly lower rate of salary increases with deferred payments. Therefore, the workers moved to a direct shutdown of production. The current demonstrations have already been called the biggest wave of warning strikes in German industry in recent times.