Hans-Jürgen Urban, executive board member of Germany’s industrial union IG Metall, speaks to workers of GKN, a British-owned multinational, who downed their tools in a warning strike in Offenbach, just east of Frankfurt, Feb.4. Tens of thousands of metal workers staged walkouts across Germany in pursuit of their demands for higher pay.
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Global Thinking
Black beach balls fly through the air during a protest by trainees of some of General Motors’ European factories in Rüsselsheim, June 13.
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German Chancellor
German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a convention of the German metal workers’ union IG Metall in Frankfurt, Nov.25.
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Play Money
A protester in a morphsuit throws pamphlets and fake banknotes from the roof of Frankfurt’s theater, Sep.7, during a protest by trade unions.
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Red Fabric
Flags in the wind and sunshine, taken in front of the headquarters of the German metal workers’ union (IG Metall) in Frankfurt, Sep.5. Frozen at a 1/2500 of a second and somewhat underexposed.
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