German workers win fight for 28hour week

German metal and engineering workers have won the right to a 28-hour work week after taking industrial action.

IG Metall, Europe’s largest trade union, won its workers the right to work under six hours each day in a deal that covers about 900,000 workers in the state of BadenWürttemberg.

The agreement, which came after a series of strikes at multiple engineering companies, is expected to spurn changes in other industries across Germany according to The Independent.