‘Industrial bastardy’: David Elliott offers free travel on Sydney trains as union threatens action
by Michael McGowan from World news | The Guardian on (#5X40A)
RTBU secretary says union will take industrial action if government does not provide free fares as a way of saying sorry'
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The long-running dispute between the New South Wales rail union and the state government again threatens to shut down Sydney's train network, as the transport minister David Elliott accused workers of industrial bastardy" for the second time in three weeks over planned industrial action.
On Tuesday the secretary of the Rail, Tram and Bus Union, Alex Claassens, threatened to use industrial action to force the government to offer free fares to commuters, as it continues to ramp up its long-running dispute over pay and conditions.
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