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German rail union threatens open-ended strikes over pay dispute
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FILE - Numerous travelers wait for their train, in Hamburg, Germany, Central Station Friday, April 21, 2023. A German rail workers' union said Thursday, June 22, 2023 that it will hold a ballot of its members on all-out strike action after long-running pay talks with the main national railway operator broke down. - photo by Bodo Marks/dpa via AP, File
BERLIN (AP) — A German rail workers' union said Thursday that it will ask its members to vote on all-out strike action after long-running salary talks with the main national railway operator broke down. The EVG union has already staged hours-long or one-day “warning strikes,” a common tactic in German wage negotiations. But it's now threatening to move to longer walkouts as its negotiations with state-owned Deutsche Bahn have reached an impasse.