A major work ban is due to start next Thursday and will cripple Sydney’s passenger train network if workers proceed.
Work stoppages threaten to cripple Sydney’s passenger rail network from next Thursday unless the Minns government accedes to union demands for trains to operate around the clock for several days amid a dispute over a new pay deal.
The ban is due to start next Thursday, continuing indefinitely, and will bring Sydney’s passenger train network to a halt if workers proceed. The latest trains run at about 1.50am and the earliest they restart is about 3.10am. State secretary Toby Warnes said the government was dragging its feet in responding to its claims for better pay and conditions for rail workers more than six months after the previous enterprise agreement expired.“It’s unacceptable that we have gotten to this point. Our members’ pay has effectively gone backwards while government and management twiddle their thumbs and constantly delay progress on the ,” he said. “They won’t even talk to us about pay.
to pressure the rail union to drop work bans. The union subsequently called off its action and the two sides resumed an intensive period of bargaining.
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