deutsche bahn countered by offering a one-time payment of €2,000 (about $2,934) and a 10 percent wage increase, with a two-hour extension of the work week. but gdl chairman manfred schell said the deutsche bahn offer was not acceptable as a basis for reopening talks. deutsche bahn refused to make another wage offer, and the company's 20-member supervisory board announced that it supported management's decision.