Friday’s hearing at the commission comes amid a long-running dispute related to new Korean-built train fleet
government will once again square off against the rail union at the Fair Work Commission as train services continue to operate on a reduced timetable.dispute related to the government’s plan to bring a new Korean-built fleet on to the networkAhead of the hearing the premier, Dominic Perrottet, said on Friday he wanted an end to the industrial dispute.
While the government previously offered to spend $264m to address the safety fears, it declined to sign an agreement to that effect, the union said. “Commuters are experiencing longer journey times, less frequent services, and changes to stopping patterns across the public transport network due to industrial action, weather impacts, and Covid-related staffing shortages,” said its chief operations officer, Howard Collins.
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