The head of German train drivers’ union GDL, Claus Weselsky, has described the wage agreement with state-owned rail operator Deutsche Bahn as a success. “We have not had a failure, but a success, almost across the board,” he said in Berlin on Tuesday. “I would like to start by pointing out that the 35-hour week will be gradually introduced as a standard in the collective agreements at Deutsche Bahn AG and that pay will not be reduced.” The reduction in working hours had been a major sticking point in the labour dispute in recent months. Deutsche Bahn had proposed a 36-hour work week, but the u…