A day after an eleventh-hour legal manoeuvre by the government, unions have filed papers seeking the right to ballot members on a new round of industrial action.
Rail unions are threatening a fresh round of industrial action on Sydney’s train network despite the state Labor government succeeding in blocking them in an eleventh-hour legal manoeuvre on Sunday, risking a repeat of commuter pain.in the federal court, the Rail Tram and Bus Union and several other unions filed papers with the industrial umpire seeking the right to ballot members on a new round of industrial action.
The government sought an injunction in the federal court late on Sunday to block the RTBU and five other unions from resuming industrial action from Monday morning after both parties failed to reach a breakthrough despite a fortnight of intense negotiations over a new pay deal. Warnes said the legal action had “extremely damaged” negotiations between the two sides, and was likely to result in the dispute lasting for months.
The latest Resolve Political Monitor, conducted for this masthead by research company Resolve Strategic, found 15 per cent of voters believe the government should “agree to the unions’ demands in full” while 21 per cent were unsure. Transport Minister Jo Haylen said the decision to seek an injunction was appropriate because it gave the government time to return train services to normal. “I’m sorry that we haven’t been able to reach an agreement. We do now have some certainty to protect passengers,” she said.
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