Communits that start their working week are hit by delays and cancellations After Sydney trains had not prevented any other round of planned industrial action by railway employees.
The boss of the track, the tram and the bus Union urged commuters to make alternative travel packages or to work from home, and said that Monday's delays can be worse than Friday when train drivers were collected sick or succeeded in work And massively in an apparent industrial action.
“Tomorrow it might be fine, but tomorrow it might be worse than Friday,” warned Rail, Tram and Bus Union Secretary Toby Warnes Sunday.
The rail network is currently close to the timetable this morning with minimal delays and a smaller number of cancellations so far.
Last night, rail employees received mixed messages about whether or not to show up for work.
SMS messages that were sent to rail employees on Sunday evening 'encourage members to report strongly to work as usual and not to apply the Go-Slow' in a 'calculated movement' to further emphasize the government's incompetence ' , reported the Daily Telegraph.
“By controlling the timing and intensity of our actions, we force the government in a difficult position,” said the text.
Other texts, however, insisted on employees who were not georyed to refuse any shifts that they were offered.
Commuters are braced for a week of transport chaos after the trade union of the railway workers has won its last case against the NSW government. Parramatta station is depicted during Friday's chaos
Cancellations and delays are expected on Monday in the Sydney Trains Network
'Please do not accept a day. This undermines the sacrifice of those who participate, “was the message.
'You don't have to work tomorrow if you are a trade union member. You will miss the wages of the day.
“You don't have to call in advance and tell someone that you don't come in … but if you call it in advance, wait until your sign on time or close.”
Sydney Trains is preparing for the worst and urges commuters to make alternative schemes, including students who go to school.
“Avoid non-essential trips and allows extra travel time, because long delays and cancellations are expected because of industrial action,” the newest alert shared on Sunday evening.
The seriousness of the disruptions will only be known until the trains start running on Monday morning. The station of Parramatta is depicted during the Reischaos on Friday afternoon
“It is expected that disturbances will continue in the week.”
On Friday, 95.3 percent of train services were canceled or postponed after half of the schedule trainrivers and guards did not show up for work.
More than 570 drivers did not stand up for work that day, which led to mass cancellations and hour after hour of delays.
The state government, led by Prime Minister Chris Minns, tried to block further industrial action after the damage caused by trains that did not ride or are seriously delayed on Friday.
The NSW government argued that the massive absence was coordinated by the Union, pointing to messages sent by some RBTU representatives, including one who told train drivers to 'be up'.
But the Fair Work Commission noted that trade union officials 'had left the decision to participate … or not to be present at the employees themselves'.
The ruling came when the trade union continued its long -term battle with the state government with a 32 percent question increase.
Sydney trains CEO Matt Longland warned commuters to present the potential for chaos in their travel plans.
“We will continue to see unpredictable delays and cancellations from day to day, depending on the amount of absence of train teams,” he said.
“Plan ahead, think of other transport methods if you have to travel through Sydney on Monday.”
Longland said that around 500 services were delayed or canceled on Saturday, which was an improvement compared to the massive cancellations of Friday.
About 260 train crew members who were planned were reportedly out of service on Sunday.
Acting NSW -Minister of Transport John Graham said that the government will submit another application to the FWC on Wednesday.
Negotiations between the trade union and the state government have been demolished over a requirement for a registration bonus of $ 4,500 for each railway provider.
“We can't sign an empty check to arrange this dispute,” said Mr Graham. 'We have to arrange this fairly.
“The government will work to protect consumers, we are willing to go back to the committee.”
On Friday, commuters were confronted with a horror trip home after 90 percent of the train services were canceled. Shown is a packaged platform at Parramatta station
Mr Graham, who took over the position less than two weeks ago after his predecessor Jo Haylen resigned over a cost scandal, said that the government hoped to stop the industrial action within a few days.
He said the negotiations had been going on for 10 months. The government vision is that it is time to stop that industrial action (due to) the impact it has on commuters and companies.
'This dispute in the course of time was about a number of things – at one point it was about running trains 24 hours a day, at another point it was about free rates, now it is about a bonus of $ 4,500 .
'We can't call and bubble here … There is no empty check. We cannot sign an empty check to arrange this dispute.
“If we did that, there would be another question and we would be back here in six months.”
NSW Secretary of Transport Josh Murray said there are no guarantees that the rail network will not sharpen on Monday.
“We want to apologize to commuters in Sydney,” he said.
“Sunday evening can be difficult enough, without thinking about the uncertainty about how you will work and how long it will take.”
RBTU State Secretary Toby Warnes offered no comfort to those who wondered how they went to work on Monday and say that the train network could be a 'comparable situation such as Friday' that blamed the trade union for 'Lockout reports'.
“We don't know if these 5,000 Lockout communities will stay in place,” he said.
'The nature of these lockout knowledge stations says that if you come to work and you are found slowly, which is our original ban, you lose a whole day wage.
“So our members are currently in a hard position and opt for a day or a day or not at all at all … We saw 600 people on Friday made the last choice.”
Warnes said that the prospects for the coming week are 'unpredictable'.
