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NSW government and unions reach resolution for Sydney trains to run on NYE
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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12/24/2024
The threat to Sydney's new Years Eve fireworks has been averted, after a deal was struck between the state government and the transport union.
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The NSW State Government and the Rail, Tram and Bus Union have come to an 11th hour deal
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to avert what the government was saying would be a crisis over the Christmas and New Year's
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Eve period due to rolling industrial action by the union, which was resulting in delays
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and cancellations on Sydney's heavy rail system.
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The union had written to its members late yesterday to scrap the harshest parts of that
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industrial action, including a rule that was limiting the kilometres that each staff
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member could work across on a given shift.
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That was being blamed for a lot of the transport delays that were going on, and it was one
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of the reasons that the government was expressing concerns about the New Year's Eve fireworks
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going ahead.
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The government had commenced proceedings in the Fair Work Commission prior to that announcement
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to attempt to essentially block all of the industrial action by the union, but in light
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of that cancellation, they had meetings with the union groups overnight and into the morning
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to come to an agreement, and they did so.
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The Fair Work Commission heard this morning some undertakings by the Rail, Tram and Bus
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Unions that essentially they wouldn't commence any new industrial action over the festive
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period, and that they would do whatever they can to guarantee safety and reliability of
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the system over that period.
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The union spoke outside the Fair Work Commission this morning.
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We call on the Minsk government to now stop talking to their lawyers and start talking
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to their workers.
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The Minsk government should be back at the bargaining table on Boxing Day, and they should
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be trying to get resolution for this agreement before New Year's Eve.
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Let's get this done.
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Come back to the bargaining table.
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We're here.
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We're ready.
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We're ready to bargain.
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Stop talking to your lawyers, start talking to your workers, and do better.
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While the union says that the government backed down by discontinuing its action in
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the commission, the government says that the unions backed down by discontinuing the harshest
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parts of its industrial action.
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We have absolute confidence now that we can provide the travelling public with the services
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that they need and that they deserve.
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We want business to have confidence.
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We want staff to be able to get to work.
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We want people to be able to celebrate together, and that's what we are now able to confirm.
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We are able to say today that passengers will be able to use public transport services
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to get where they need to go this Christmas, New Year's, and the Sydney test as well.
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These are really important events for community.
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These are really important events for our economy, and I'm pleased that we have confidence
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today that they can go ahead in the way that we had planned.
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While the Christmas and New Year's period has been resolved for this matter, the question
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that remains on the table is this underpinning pay deal between the union and the government.
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The union says that it's lost a lot of good faith with the government, and the government
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hasn't set a timeline for when those negotiations will commence.
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