Trade unions and employers in Germany have started collective bargaining negotiations for public-sector employees in most federal states with seemingly irreconcilable differences. The aim is not only to achieve inflation compensation, but also a real wage increase, said Verdi trade union boss Frank Werneke immediately before the start of talks in Berlin on Wednesday.

It comes as the U.S. surpassed 2,000 measles cases for the 1st time in 33 years.

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