FWC application to terminate/suspend PIA (Protected Industrial Action)

The Secretary shared today (18 February) that Sydney Trains and NSW TrainLink have applied to the Fair Work Commission, alongside an application from the Minister for Employee Relations, to suspend and or terminate protected industrial action.

It is incredibly disappointing it has come to this, but the impacts to our network, our people and customers has left no other choice. We are in the customer service business, and the safety of our people and our customers must always drive the decisions we make.

Since June 2021, we have spent more than 150 hours bargaining in good faith with the combined rail unions.

We have agreed to a number of concessions as we’ve worked through the negotiation process, however unfortunately we have been unable to reach an agreement on significant matters that we need to resolve in order to progress further.

Our goal has always been an Enterprise Agreement developed by us, for us, because we care about the unique needs of our people and our customers throughout NSW.

While we await the decision from the Fair Work Commission, we will continue to do whatever we can to minimise the ongoing disruption to our customers, and to support you.

I’ll keep you updated on how this progresses and what it means for us.

Regards,

Dale