Fair Work Commission decision allows industrial action planned for Wednesday and Friday to go ahead
The RTBU’s secretary, Alex Claassens, welcomed the decision, but said the union had also agreed to “ensure additional services would be available this week to assist during the current weather conditions”.“Throughout this whole dispute, we’ve always been as fair and reasonable as possible while still making it very clear to management and the NSW government that we are serious about fighting for the safety railway commuters and workers deserve,” Claassens said in a statement.
“We never want to inconvenience commuters. This whole dispute is to ensure commuters get the safe trains they deserve. However, the NSW government’s continued political game playing means that we’ve been left with no choice.”Claassens said the action will include a ban on transit officers issuing fines.
On Monday the state premier, Dominic Perrottet, accused the union of prolonging the dispute for political reasons, saying the union had “shown a lack of good faith”.“The actions of the RTBU are incredibly disappointing. This has gone on for years. We have worked in good faith, we have been fair and reasonable in our response from the NSW government to resolve these issues.
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