The long-running pay dispute between the NSW government and train unions, that led to months of on-off chaos for commuters, appears to have been resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The government and unions on Friday agreed in the Fair Work Commission to a 12 per cent pay rise over three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Rail, Tram, and Bus Union and the Electrical Trades Union had been seeking a 32 per cent pay rise over four years, while the government offered a 9.5 per cent rise over three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis agreement will bring relief to the disruption from protected industrial action that a million daily rail commuters have been forced to endure while just trying to get to work and get around,\u201d Transport Minister John Graham said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The dispute led to a series of industrial action, that disrupted travel for millions since last September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The deal ends protected industrial action by the Combined Rail Unions and allows Sydney Trains and NSW TrainLink to focus on improving reliability across the network, the government said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the ETU is expected to reject the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis afternoon, the Combined Rail Unions (CRU) reached an in-principle agreement with Sydney Trains and NSW Trains for a new enterprise agreement,\u201d the CRU said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnfortunately, the ETU is blocking a vote by members effectively withholding any pay rise or new conditions that our EA delegates have fought so hard for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The long-running dispute between a state government and train unions has ended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":228281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,47,2695],"tags":[5026,2139],"class_list":["post-228280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-rail-news","category-sydney-trains","tag-nsw","tag-sydney"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t