POTSDAM, Germany (Reuters) – Two million German public-sector workers will get a pay rise of 6.3 percent over a 24-month period, according to the government official leading the talks, ending a labor dispute that disrupted services across Germany in recent weeks. Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich, who had led the negotiations with the Verdi union on behalf of the government, announced the breakthrough shortly before 7 a.m. local time (1 a.m. EDT) on Saturday after all-night negotiations in Potsdam, a suburb of Berlin. …

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