End of six week intensive negotiations with rail unions

An agreed six-week period of intensive bargaining with our rail unions has been progressing and wrapped up this week.

Bargaining sessions were attended by the Combined Rail Unions and representatives from Sydney Trains and NSW TrainLink, including our Chief Executives Matt Longland and Dale Merrick. We also held a series of workgroups to engage in the detail with subject matter experts across the agencies.

I was able to attend bargaining on Tuesday and I was pleased to see delegates and staff working hard to find common ground to resolve outstanding issues. We covered a lot of material and have made really good progress.

There was a strong focus to address priorities in the log of claims in areas including safety, rostering, disciplinary and consultation processes, support for those experiencing family and domestic violence, uniforms, and allowances and conditions for different work groups.

The next step is for the NSW Government to consider the priority claims that have arisen from the negotiation process and the intensive bargaining period.

I am confident we can work towards finalising an offer.

I’d like to extend my thanks to all those who have participated during this period of intensive bargaining and look forward to making more progress over the coming weeks.

Take care

Rob

Rob Sharp
Secretary
Transport for NSW