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NSW Premier Chris Minns’ deal-making abilities will be tested as he leads crisis talks with rail unions threatening to cause commuter chaos over several days. Trains from Newcastle to Wollongong and across Sydney are due to lay dormant from Friday morning until Sunday morning amid an escalating pay dispute between the state government and rail workers.
Last minute crisis talks underway to stop worst train strike in history. The premier and Transport Minister Jo Haylen are due to sit down on Thursday afternoon with six unions and peak body Unions NSW. It is the third straight day the premier has been personally involved in trying to solve the months-long impasse resulting in escalating work bans. “All arrangements are on the table,” Minns said during Question Time on Thursday.
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