Dominic Perrottet has weighed in on the state's transport nightmare, announcing unity with Labor on calls for industrial action to end. It comes ahead of tomorrow's strike action, which is set to be the most disruptive yet. 9News STRIKE DETAILS:
are nearing the end of the month of train strikes but the union still has one planned for Wednesday which is set to be the most disruptive yet.
"Every time that we have made concessions to fix that issue, the union has come out and said 'no no, we'll move on to something else'," he said.On Wednesday August 31, the most disruptive train strike is planned with the union refusing to operate all foreign-made trains which make up 70 per cent of the fleet.
Meanwhile from August 7 until September 6, there has been a ban on transport officers issuing fines and cautions.If commuters decide not to tap on, police are still able to issue fines if they spot fare-dodging.Sydney Trains chief executive Matt Longland said Opal readers on gates and poles would operate as usual and commuters must tap on and tap off to enter and exit train stations.
On August 23, train services on the T1 Blue Mountains and North Shore line were impacted for several hours and caused peak hour delays for commuters. The union has been concerned about crucial blind spots in surveillance on the new fleet due to it relying solely on monitoring from CCTV cameras mounted on the sides of the trains, which have no audio and restricted line of sight because of the design of the carriages.to fix the fleet but the union claims the government has not committed to this pledge.
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Tomorrow set to be the most disruptive Sydney train strike: Everything you need to knowDominic Perrottet has weighed in on the state's transport nightmare, announcing unity with Labor on calls for industrial action to end. It comes ahead of tomorrow's strike action, which is set to be the most disruptive yet. 9News STRIKE DETAILS:
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