Nationwide strike called at Metro's German hypermarket chain Real

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German services union Verdi has called a nationwide strike at Metro AG's Real hypermarket chain for next Monday to press a demand for its 34,000 staff to be covered by a collective pay deal.Verdi said in a statement that Metro had in June bailed out of the pay agreement so that it could hire new staff more cheaply, and had also let go 4,500 staff on fixed-term contracts to cut costs.The walkout comes after Metro put Real up for sale, with private equity firms seen as the..