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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Michelle FITZPATRICK

Strike-hit German Rail Operator Agrees To 35-hour Week

Motionless high-speed trains in Frankfurt during a rail strike in January (Credit: AFP)

German rail operator Deutsche Bahn said on Tuesday it had agreed with the GDL union to shorten train drivers' working week, ending a months-long row that caused strikes across the country.

"It was a difficult road," Deutsche Bahn's human resources director Martin Seiler said at a Berlin press conference. "But in the end we were able to reach an intelligent compromise."

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