Sydney train strike: NSW premier says ‘this ends today’ as he threatens to tear up industrial agreement
by Michael McGowan and Tamsin Rose from World news | The Guardian on (#6333X)
Dominic Perrottet says he will meet the rail union in court if workers reject government's final offer
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The New South Wales premier, Dominic Perrottet, has issued a sensational ultimatum to the state's rail workers, vowing to tear up their industrial agreement and meet the union in court unless they accept his government's final pay offer.
Amid the latest round of chaos on the state's rail lines on Wednesday, a visibly angry Perrottet said that after 58 meetings he would no longer bargain with the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) over a new enterprise agreement.
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