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.
German Chancellor
German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a convention of the German metal workers’ union IG Metall in Frankfurt, Nov.25.
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.
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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