{"id":2369,"date":"2024-01-15T16:45:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T06:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=2369"},"modified":"2024-01-15T16:45:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T06:45:57","slug":"v-line-rail-workers-to-shut-down-regional-rail-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=2369","title":{"rendered":"V\/Line rail workers to shut down regional rail network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Victoria&#8217;s regional rail network is set to be brought to a standstill as workers take industrial action over conditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Operations staff at V\/Line, including conductors, train controllers, stations and customer staff and authorised officers, plan to walk off the job for four hours between 3am and 7am on Thursday, January 25.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this stage only non-driving grades will participate in the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rail, Train and Bus Union Branch Secretary Vik Sharma said despite bargaining since June, V\/Line was yet to address key concerns raised by workers.&#8221;In the current climate of automation, major changes and an uncertain economy, members are fighting for what all workers across Victoria deserve \u2013 job security and decent conditions,&#8221; he said on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;V\/Line continues to drag their feet and seems to be in no rush to reach an agreement.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said his union would continue to meet with V\/Line and negotiate in good faith as members would prefer to avoid industrial action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>V\/Line chief executive officer Matt Carrick also said talks would go on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Vline-at-SCS.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Vline-at-SCS.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Vline-at-SCS-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Vline-at-SCS-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have been continuing to negotiate in good faith and have made progress towards reaching an agreement,&#8221; he said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We strongly encourage the union to work collaboratively with us to reach a fair and reasonable agreement.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Passengers are encouraged to keep up to date with the latest scheduling and coach replacement information on the V\/Line website and social channels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victoria&#8217;s regional rail network is set to be brought to a standstill as workers take industrial action over conditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2370,"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":[273,163],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-2369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand","tag-vline"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2371,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369\/revisions\/2371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}