Trade Unions Protest Against Social Spending Cuts Germany - Kassel, 20.06.2026 Sign in German says Our tax money is being used to fund death and decay, as Participants march through Kassel during a trade union demonstration against proposed social spending cuts. The rally, organised under the slogan Kürzen nicht mit uns ( Cuts? Not on us! ), began at Kassel Central Station and concluded with speeches at Königsplatz. Demonstrators called for increased public investment and warned against reductions in welfare, healthcare and education funding. The protest was supported by the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), the United Services Union (ver.di) and the Education and Science Workers Union (GEW), alongside local activists a

Trade Unions Protest Against Social Spending Cuts Germany - Kassel, 20.06.2026 Sign in German says Our tax money is being used to fund death and decay, as Participants march through Kassel during a trade union demonstration against proposed social spending cuts. The rally, organised under the slogan Kürzen nicht mit uns ( Cuts? Not on us! ), began at Kassel Central Station and concluded with speeches at Königsplatz. Demonstrators called for increased public investment and warned against reductions in welfare, healthcare and education funding. The protest was supported by the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), the United Services Union (ver.di) and the Education and Science Workers Union (GEW), alongside local activists a

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Trade Unions Protest Against Social Spending Cuts Germany - Kassel, 20.06.2026 Sign in German says Our tax money is being used to fund death and decay, as Participants march through Kassel during a trade union demonstration against proposed social spending cuts. The rally, organised under the slogan Kürzen nicht mit uns ( Cuts? Not on us! ), began at Kassel Central Station and concluded with speeches at Königsplatz. Demonstrators called for increased public investment and warned against reductions in welfare, healthcare and education funding. The protest was supported by the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), the United Services Union (ver.di) and the Education and Science Workers Union (GEW), alongside local activists a

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