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Audi workers' strike over wages gap highlights salary strain in eastern Europe

Audi builds the TT at its factory in Gyor, Hungary. Workers earn less than employees at VW Group's other eastern European plants. (Audi)
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By:
Zoltan Simon
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By:
Bloomberg
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January 26, 2019 09:45 AM

BUDAPEST -- Audi workers in Hungary began a week-long strike Thursday to protest what they consider an unfair wage gap with colleagues working for Volkswagen Group's other factories in eastern Europe. Their Czech colleagues also threatened to take action over pay.

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