So, the Rail Tram & Bus Union (RTBU) has been doing low-commuter-impact strikes actions on and off for months. Stuff like no overtime, no work changes, that sort of thing. And it’s been over things like hygiene, enterprise agreements, concerns over privatisation, poorly made trains from overseas that started cracking after like 4 years, etc.
Rather than negotiate with the RTBU, the NSW government has has been trying to take legal action against them striking. (x)
As part of that today when workers turned up to do their jobs they found they were locked out and told the trains weren’t running by management (x)
And that the Transport Minister was on the radio saying it was all the unions doing and comparing them to - no shit - terrorists.
Anyway, that’s why there’s commuter chaos across the state.
