The strike is the fourth to hit Deutsche Bahn this year and comes on the heels of a 20-hour GDL work disruption that forced the cancellation of nearly 80% of all long-distance and regional trains in Germany on November 15-16.
Deutsche Bahn has flatly rejected any reduction in hours, citing labor shortages, and has instead offered an 11% raise to GDL drivers.
GDL Chairman Claus Weselsky previously announced that negotiations with Deutsche Bahn had collapsed on November 24.
This is absolutely unnecessary," said Deutsche Bahn Human Resources Director Martin Seiler.
The move has also been criticized by the German Civil Service Federation (dbb) — a public-sector labor union umbrella group to which the GDL belongs.
“It would be absurd if our actions were to be torpedoed by strikes from our own member organization,” said dbb Chairman Ulrich Silberbach, before the start of two days of separate collective bargaining talks on Thursday and Friday.
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The strike is the fourth to hit Deutsche Bahn this year and comes on the heels of a 20-hour GDL work disruption that forced the cancellation of nearly 80% of all long-distance and regional trains in Germany on November 15-16.
Deutsche Bahn has flatly rejected any reduction in hours, citing labor shortages, and has instead offered an 11% raise to GDL drivers.
GDL Chairman Claus Weselsky previously announced that negotiations with Deutsche Bahn had collapsed on November 24.
This is absolutely unnecessary," said Deutsche Bahn Human Resources Director Martin Seiler.
The move has also been criticized by the German Civil Service Federation (dbb) — a public-sector labor union umbrella group to which the GDL belongs.
“It would be absurd if our actions were to be torpedoed by strikes from our own member organization,” said dbb Chairman Ulrich Silberbach, before the start of two days of separate collective bargaining talks on Thursday and Friday.
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It’s important to note that the 11% Raise would be spread over 3 years. So it’s not so generous as the media claims it is