Trade unions said a total of 175,000 took part in the protests, including in Nuremberg (over 20,000), Stuttgart (16,000), Frankfurt (15,000), Hanover (13,000), Essen (12,000), Berlin (5,500) and elsewhere under the slogan: "Hard-earned!
Christiane Benner, leader of the trade union IG Metall, warned in Nuremberg against scaling back social security in times of restructuring and job cuts, for example in the automotive sector.
German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) leader Yasmin Fahimi spoke to crowds in Essen Image: Friedrich Stark/epd"Economic change can only succeed with confidence in the future and with solidarity," she said.
German employers, however, accused the trade unions of a "ritual…