Rail unions vowed in a late-night peace offering to cease its action if the NSW government drops its legal case against them and offers free fares.
Rail workers have pledged to immediately cease major industrial action that threatens to severely disrupt train services on New Year’s Eve if the state Labor government drops its legal case against them and offers free fares to commuters.
But in a swift response early on Monday, the government rejected the offer and said rail unions “just need to drop their action”, adding it would have its case heard in the Fair Work Commission on Christmas Eve for the industrial action to be suspended or terminated. Another condition was that the government provided free fares to commuters until Fair Work approved a new enterprise agreement for Sydney Trains and NSW Trains.In a letter sent late Sunday night, the RTBU also demanded that large hospitality and entertainment groups including Laundy Hotels, Merivale, Ryan’s Hotel Group and Luna Park withdraw their submissions outlining the hurt caused to their businesses.
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