German trade unions are entering collective bargaining negotiations for some 2.5 million federal and local government employees with a demand for 10.5% wage hike. The figure represents an increase of at least €500 euros ($485.63) per month. At the presentation of the demands in Berlin on Tuesday, Verdi union leader Frank Werneke and Ulrich Silberbach, chairperson of the dbb union for civil servants, pointed out that workers would fight vigorously for their goals. In a change from previous years, the unions refrained from issuing a wide-ranging list of demands in view of the unusually high infl…