BREAKING: NSW Government agrees to let trains run this weekend
21 Nov 2024, Media Statement: Attributable to Toby Warnes, Secretary of the Rail, Tram and Bus Union NSW:
The NSW Government has today finally come to the table and agreed to keep trains running this weekend.
In a meeting with the Premier and Transport Minister today, the government agreed to run 24-hour services from tonight until Sunday morning.
As a result, train services will not only run as normal this weekend, but commuters will also get the benefit of being able to travel on additional overnight services.
The Premier also agreed to a key process that we are confident will achieve a fair and reasonable agreement for members.
The parties have now agreed to intensive bargaining until 6 December, at which point it is hoped in-principle agreement on a new enterprise agreement will have been reached.
While it’s disappointing that we had to wait until the 11th hour for the NSW Government to come to this position, we are incredibly relieved that rail services will continue to run this weekend and that commuters will not be inconvenienced.
Rail workers have done everything possible to keep services running – that’s why we introduced the novel 24-hour transport action. We didn’t want to impact commuters, and we’re glad they won’t be this weekend.
Improving our rail services for the benefit of commuters has always been a priority of the RTBU and it will always remain our priority.