A German railway and transport trade union says another strike is certain in the "short term," after rejecting the latest pay offer from Deutsche Bahn. DB says unions are so inflexible the talks have become "pointless."
Ednews informs that German railway and transport workers' trade union the EVG on Wednesday said it would be calling another rail strike soon, having rejected the latest pay increase offer from national rail provider Deutsche Bahn late on Tuesday.
"In the short term there will certainly be another warning strike," EVG negotiation co-leader Cosima Ingenschay said on Wednesday.
The union did not give a timeframe for another potential strike.
"We will discuss this with our colleagues," chief negotiator Kristian Loroch said in Berlin on Wednesday, saying these talks would start soon.
Loroch even said the union might even ask members to vote on the prospect of an open-ended strike.
So far, the EVG had been calling short-term so-called "warning strikes" — which do not require a vote of support from union members — a tactic that had drawn some criticism in its own right.