Hundreds of NSW road workers, construction crews and other transport staff will strike for 24 hours from early on Thursday over the government’s public sector wage offer | Mattonews
Hundreds of NSW road workers, construction crews and other transport staff will strike for 24 hours from early on Thursday over the government’s public sector wage offer, which they argue amounts to a pay cut due to surging inflation.early on Thursday for four hours, which the government warns will cause significant disruption to Sydney’s train network in the morning.
The 24-hour strike by mostly road workers who are members of the Australian Workers’ Union comes three weeks after the state’s industrial umpireWorkers who maintain roads and bridges including the Harbour Bridge will strike for 24 hours from 6am on Thursday.However, union delegates held a meeting on Wednesday at which they decided to push ahead with a 24-hour strike across the state after the order had expired.
Most of the workers who will walk off the job on Thursday maintain highways, roads and bridges, including the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Australian Workers’ Union NSW branch secretary Tony Callinan said the transport workers were striking because of the government’s cap on wages amid surging inflation, which meant their real wages would drop significantly.
“It is a wage cut, given inflation. These workers are emergency responders … and worked right through the COVID pandemic,” he said.Credit:
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