What, they wanna be able to negotiate for people not even in their union?
Hmm, I see it's more complicated than that.
It`s not as easy as it looks like. It`s actually not about more money or less work. They want the right to speak for other people at the train industry. Why? Because german "politics" want to restrict unions, so that only the biggest union can negotiate on new terms. This would destroy the GDL, but every agreement before that new law stays after the law. Even if they wouldn`t be the biggest union. So the GDL tries to point the gun at the head of the Deutsche Bahn. They have to agree on this term! The other terms weren`t even negotiated to this day!
I´m on the side of the GDL. Strikes suck, but it`s everyones right to strike and choose his own union.
Hmm, I see it's more complicated than that.