Train industrial action temporarily suspended, but vital court hearing looms

The NSW government has asked the Fair Work Commission to intervene in the trains dispute. Video by AAP

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00:00The NSW Government has obviously been in constant negotiations with rail unions for the last

00:06eight months.

00:07We have presented a good faith fair offer to employees in the railways in the last 48

00:13hours.

00:14We were hopeful that that offer would be accepted by the industrial unions, however in the intervening

00:19period there's been widespread industrial chaos on the transport network in NSW.

00:26The scenes last night at NSW train stations of literally hundreds of people scrambling

00:32to get home from the station in the face of an oncoming storm give you all the evidence

00:38that you need that this industrial dispute has gone on long enough.

00:42As a result of that the Government will make an application in the Fair Work Commission,

00:46a 424 application in the Fair Work Commission this morning to end protected industrial action

00:53in NSW and move to an arbitrated decision by the Fair Work umpire.