The train drivers' union GDL announces a massive labor dispute.
"The strikes are getting harder and longer than in the past," said GDL boss Claus Weselsky on Thursday to the T-Online portal, but without giving an exact date.
“I cannot rule out strikes during the summer vacation.
Only the railway can do that. ”You have to put an offer on the table that deserves to be negotiated.
"It is up to the railway to prevent industrial action."
Thousands of locomotive drivers and train attendants would go on strike, "because they are fed up with management that only thinks of itself and wants to pass the blame on to the employees," said Weselsky.
"If there is no offer, we will go on strike, so that the customers of the railway will feel massive restrictions."
Both sides have recently blamed each other for the failure of collective bargaining.
The GDL calls for wage increases like in the public service of around 3.2 percent.
According to Deutsche Bahn, the total demands of the train drivers add up to about three times as much.