GERMAN EMPLOYERS AND TRADE UNIONS MEET IN BONN, 1998-12-07 (photo)

Representatives of Germany's Trade Unions and employers' associations sit around the cabinet table of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder ahead of their talks on an alliance to fight post-war record unemployment in the Chancellery in Bonn December 7. On the left side of the table are (L-R) Dieter Philipp, President of the Central Association of German Trade (ZDH), Hans Peter Stihl, president of the Association of German chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHT), Hans-Olaf Henkel, president of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), Dieter Hundt, president of the Federation of German Employers' Association (BDA), Dieter Schulte, leader of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB), Klaus Zwickel, leader of Germany's Metalworkers Union (IG Metall), Hubertus Schmoldt, leader of Germany's Union of Chemical, Power and Mining Workers (IG BCE), Herbert Mai, leader of the Public Sector Union (OETV) and Roland Issen, leader of German Employees Trade Union (DAG).