{"id":63550,"date":"2024-06-11T13:01:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T03:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=63550"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:01:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T03:01:56","slug":"strike-to-force-sydneys-light-rail-to-standstill-causing-havoc-for-lightwatchers-at-vivid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=63550","title":{"rendered":"Strike to force Sydney\u2019s light rail to standstill, causing havoc for lightwatchers at Vivid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are worries Vivid crowds could be affected with Sydney\u2019s light rail network set to come to a standstill for 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workers are expected to strike on Wednesday amid an intensifying pay dispute between the union and the tram operator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commuters will face ongoing disruptions to their travel from Tuesday as tram drivers run services below the speed limit, refuse to work overtime and decline to don uniform in the pursuit of improved pay and conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Light rail services across Sydney will be impacted from Tuesday, with a 24-hour stoppage slated for Wednesday. Picture: NCA NewsWire\/Bianca De Marchi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industrial action is then expected to escalate with a 24-hour stoppage planned for Wednesday, coinciding with Vivid Festival celebrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Services on the L1 line from Dulwich Hill to Central Station, alongside L2 and L3 routes from Circular Quay to Randwick and Kingsford, respectively, will be disrupted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rail, Bus and Tram Union (RBTU) and French transport giant Transdev, the operator of Sydney\u2019s light rail network, are currently locked in bargaining negotiations over a new workplace agreement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Transdev has offered its workforce a four-year 18 per cent pay boost, RBTU members have voted \u201coverwhelmingly\u201d to reject the deal, the union said on Monday, as the offer failed to adequately address the rising cost of living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The crowds are expected to be impacted at Vivid by the rail halt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) NSW tram and bus division secretary David Babineau said the state\u2019s light rail workers have been \u201cleft with no option\u201d other than to push ahead with the planned industrial action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t have light rail workers in a situation where they\u2019re going to work unwell and putting commuters and others at risk because they don\u2019t have enough sick days,\u201d Mr Babineau said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

News.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Commuters have been warned to expect disruptions from Tuesday, as industrial action could cause chaos at Sydney\u2019s major light show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":63553,"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":[273,190,163],"tags":[10244,2139,10246],"class_list":["post-63550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-light-rail","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand","tag-rtbu","tag-sydney","tag-vivid-sydney"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63550","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\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63554,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63550\/revisions\/63554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}