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“It is all the more incomprehensible to us that people insist on maximum demands, do not move an inch, stand up and leave the negotiations,” said a railway spokesman in Berlin on Wednesday, referring to the GDL’s rejection. “We were prepared to go beyond our own pain threshold and accept this proposal.”
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In the collective bargaining dispute, the GDL wants, among other things, to implement a reduction in weekly working hours from 38 to 35 hours for shift workers with full wage compensation – i.e. a reduction of three hours instead of the two hours suggested by the moderators.