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DB and GDL Set Jan. 8 Pay Talks, Pause Strikes Through February

A two-month schedule backed by possible arbitration is meant to keep trains running into spring.

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Ab dem 8. Januar werden die Deutsche Bahn (DB) und die Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivführer (GDL) über einen neuen Tarifvertrag verhandeln - Fahrgäste der Bahn müssen aber mindestens bis Ende Februar keine Streiks fürchten.

Overview

  • Fourteen negotiating days are fixed in Berlin across January and February.
  • The GDL seeks a total 8.0% package that includes 3.8% more for all staff, higher allowances, a new pay grade, better pay for trainers and examiners, travel cost compensation and increased housing support.
  • If no deal is reached by the end of February, the parties plan to invoke arbitration, which would make walkouts unlikely before late March.
  • This is the first bargaining round led by new GDL chief Mario Reiß following the departure of Claus Weselsky.
  • GDL’s agreements currently cover about 10,000 DB employees across 19 operations, and the union criticizes Deutsche Bahn’s application of the Tarifeinheitsgesetz for limiting its bargaining scope.