Rail union threatens to escalate industrial action on Sydney trains next week | Mattonews
The rail union has warned that disruptions to Sydney train services will be significantly worse next week unless the NSW government returns to the negotiating table with an offer that ensures it will modify the state’s new $2.88 billion intercity train fleet.
Disruptions to train services are set to worsen next week unless the stalemate between rail workers and the government is resolved.Rail Tram and Bus Union state secretary Alex Claassens said the union planned to ramp up industrial action next week unless the government changed its position on the new intercity fleet.“This week is bad, but next week will be worse.
However, he said he feared that the government might consider a shutdown of the rail network as it did forNSW Transport Minister David Elliott indicated there was some wriggle room with the government’s position, telling radio station 2GB that he was “open-minded about making modifications [to the new train] so long as it doesn’t cost taxpayers unnecessarily or void the warranty”.
On Tuesday, the union will hold an all-delegates meeting to decide on the next steps, while union leaders and senior officials from the state’s transport agency are due to meet on Thursday.safety of the new intercity fleet
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