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According to a media report, collective bargaining negotiations between Deutsche Bahn and GDL have broken down again.
This means that long strikes could be on the agenda again.
Berlin – According to a media report, there is a risk of new strikes in the collective bargaining dispute at Deutsche Bahn.
The train drivers' union GDL has declared negotiations with Deutsche Bahn to have failed,
Bild
reported on Thursday.
The reason for the failure was once again the union's demand for a 35-hour week, as Bild further reported.
The two parties actually wanted to have reached an agreement by Sunday, March 3rd.
Up to this point, both sides had agreed to a peace obligation.
Rail strike in Germany: GDL has been on strike for 120 hours so far
Previously, GDL and Bahn had fought with each other in a bitter battle.
At the beginning of February they were able to agree on further negotiations, including a peace obligation.
The payment of the first part of an inflation compensation bonus in March of 1,500 euros was already agreed at that time.
The sum is part of the payment of 2,800 euros that the group had already offered.
A display indicates a train cancellation.
© Marijan Murat/dpa/Symbolic image
Discussions were agreed on the issue of working hours – a sticking point in the collective bargaining dispute.
The GDL had emphatically called for a reduction in weekly working hours from 38 to 35 hours from 2028 with full wage compensation.
The railway initially rejected this outright, but later offered an option model.
This meant that train drivers should be able to work down to 37 hours per week, but in return they would have had to forego an additional pay increase offered.
When it came to money, the railway had previously offered up to 13 percent more wages.
GDL boss Claus Weselsky after his speech in front of Dresden Central Station.
© Robert Michael/dpa
The GDL also insists on expanding its collective bargaining responsibility to other areas.
GDL boss Claus Weselsky considered it a success that the railway was no longer categorically excluding this with reference to the Unified Tariff Act.
Collective bargaining began at the beginning of November.
So far the union has been on strike for 120 hours.
The railway estimated the costs of the strike for the company alone at around 25 million euros per day.
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