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Deutsche Bahn Offers Rail Drivers 11% More Pay in Bid to Avert Christmas Strike
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Germany’s national rail operator offered 11% more pay for train drivers as it seeks to dispel the threat of a strike over Christmas.
In an opening salvo to the Union of German Train Drivers, known as GDL, Deutsche Bahn AG also offered an inflation bonus of up to €2,850 ($3,050) before entering the first round of collective bargaining talks in Berlin on Thursday. It rebuffed GDL’s demand for a four-day, 35-hour working week with full compensation as “unfeasible.”