The NSW government has warned unions it will pursue them through the courts and stand down staff if rail workers completely shut down Opal ticket readers at Sydney train stations next week as part of industrial action.
The Rail, Tram and Bus Union has advised members to deactivate Opal readers and ticket gates at stations by “pressing the emergency egress button, flicking the internal switch on legacy gates or tripping the circuit breaker”. If the new action goes ahead, it will make the entire Sydney rail network free for commuters, costing the government millions of dollars each month in forfeited fare revenue.The rail union has told the state’s transport agency that the deactivation of Opal readers will “continue indefinitely” from next Wednesday.
RTBU state secretary Alex Claassens said the government warnings over the legality of the latest action were baseless.“These are the ramblings of a minister who is desperate to distract from the real issue at hand – the safety problems with the new intercity fleet and the NSW government’s failure to give workers fair wages and conditions.”
Mattonews Rabe9 if this is another win for the staff its all over for us
Mattonews Rabe9 He is illegal, should be in jail ..
Mattonews Rabe9 Somehow I feel the next NSW election could be another Labor landslide. The problem is, that they can potentially cause irreparable damage before they are booted out. As they have done in every other State and Federally.
Mattonews Rabe9 What’s he gonna do, pretend to be a cop again and arrest them himself? NSW gov has lost this fight and needs to course correct asap auspol
Mattonews Rabe9 Government should privatise the entire network and sell to a company that already has an alternative workforce trained and ready to go, and let them sack the entire current workforce. Only way to stop the madness and outrageous demands of the Union.
Mattonews Rabe9 Protected Industrial Action, the emphasis on Protected. If the workers vote for it, and the union notifies the employer, and FairWork doesn’t overrule it, it’s completely legal. There are penalties for taking adverse action against the employees, thus Protected.
Mattonews Rabe9 Bewildering how the union claims that it only affects the government and not the public!!!…who do they think is paying their wages, etc!?!? Especially when they aren’t earning much money from the travelling public.
Mattonews Rabe9 Someone should sack Elliott.
Stringy32 Mattonews Rabe9 Have to be happy this thug is no longer Police Minister
Mattonews Rabe9 So like - every single rail worker? Lol good luck mate.
Mattonews Rabe9 I'm totally remote from this problem because I live in a regional area and public transport doesn't really exist, but I'm angry anyway. The Liberals appear to have no interest in solving any industrial issue, the dispute itself seems to be the aim.
Mattonews Rabe9 He really does look like Mussolini.
Mattonews Rabe9 Big Dave “I AM the police” Elliot gets right on to those pesky unionists 😉
Mattonews Rabe9 reasonable
Mattonews Rabe9 Why bother when 90% of commuters are tapping on and off according to Dominic?
Mattonews Rabe9 David Elliot. The man who slept when when the whole train network was gonna shut the next morning and the man who went on holiday as the minister for emergency during the bushfires.
Mattonews Rabe9 Article says “Transport Minister David Elliott said on Thursday that the government had received legal advice suggesting the new industrial action was illegal,”Suggesting? Wouldn’t it be Stating or something stronger than suggesting? Or I don’t understand law language?
Mattonews Rabe9 How long until the State election? Not soon enough. nswpol nswvotes23
Mattonews Rabe9 Can we just sack David Elliot and Dominic Perrottet, actually, the lot of them can go.
Mattonews Rabe9 Yeah, no one takes the Fat Controller seriously
Mattonews Rabe9 He's a total bozo.
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