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10 May 2021, Saxony, Leipzig: The sun rises behind the BMW plant in Leipzig. On Friday (07.05.), IG Metall had called on the approximately 5,500 employees to take part in a 24-hour warning strike. The IG Metall demands four percent pay increases and the reduction of the difference in pay and working hours between East and West. According to the union, about 290,000 employees in the collective bargaining district of Berlin-Brandenburg-Saxony are affected. (Aerial photo with drone) Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa (KEYSTONE/DPA/Jan Woitas)