[wunderland]

If they were serious about even their lame 80% on-time rate, they should try paying their workers more and giving them good benefits and comfortable and safe working conditions. But the management of DB has been taken over by the same people who want to privatize rail like the British have done with disastrous consequence.

[Georgelemental]

If German rail is anything like France's public railways (genuinely don't know whether it is), the workers are overpaid and the unions too powerful. On the other hand, if it's anything like US private railways, then the unions are right to complain about unethical working conditions.