More Sydney train strikes flagged as union rejects Dominic Perrottet’s demands
Rail union lodges urgent application with Fair Work Commission to force government back to bargaining table over industrial action
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The long-running battle between the New South Wales government and the state’s rail workers is headed for court, after the head of the powerful Rail, Tram and Bus Union vowed to ignore a 5pm deadline to halt all industrial action.
The NSW government said on Thursday that it would seek to terminate the enterprise agreement of thousands of rail workers and scrap a deal to modify a multi-billion dollar fleet of trains at the centre of the dispute unless the union agreed to end all industrial action by 5pm Friday.
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