The ongoing strike action was not within “the relevant legal framework”, said Martin Seiler, personnel director for Deutsche Bahn. “No person and no union on this planet could accept this offer,” Claus Weselsky, head of the GDL union, told German public television. The strike action began on August 10 after union members voted 95 percent in favour, following the collapse of pay talks with Deutsche Bahn. The last major conflict between unions and Deutsche Bahn took place in 2014-2015, when over nine months GDL organised nine rounds of strikes to demand regulatory reforms. READ MORE: Here’s how to navigate the Deutsche Bahn train strikes in your region of Germany

Source: The Local September 02, 2021 09:22 UTC