German train drivers threaten new strike in pay dispute

FILE PHOTO: A man runs up the escalator stairs onto a track at the main train station during a nationwide rail strike, in Berlin, Germany, September 6, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's GDL train drivers' union threatened on Thursday to call a fourth strike in its pay dispute with rail operator Deutsche Bahn if the state-owned company does not make a new offer by early next week.

GDL ended its third and longest strike in this pay round on Tuesday and its action has paralysed large parts of passenger traffic over the summer holiday season and hit freight services in Europe's biggest economy.