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Final bid to stop $100m rail strike

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Original article by Andrew Clennell, Brad Norington
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 25-Jan-18

Hopes of averting a rail strike in Sydney may rest with the Fair Work Commission, after members of the Rail, Tram & Bus Union voted against the New South Wales Government’s proposed wage deal for train drivers. FWC deputy president Jonathan Hamberger will shortly decide whether the planned strike action on 29 January can lawfully proceed. Train drivers will commence a ban on working overtime on 25 January, ahead of the proposed 24-hour shutdown of the rail network.

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AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION, AUSTRALIAN RAIL, TRAM AND BUS INDUSTRY UNION, SYDNEY TRAINS, TRANSPORT FOR NSW, NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPT OF COMMERCE. OFFICE OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, SYDNEY BUSINESS CHAMBER, AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC

Talks bid to keep the trains running

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Original article by Andrew Clennell
The Australian – Page: 3 : 18-Jan-18

The NSW Business Chamber estimates that a proposed strike by Sydney train drivers on 29 January would cost the state economy about $A100m. The heads of Unions NSW and the Rail, Tram & Bus Union will hold talks with officials from Sydney Trains and Transport for NSW on 18 January, in a bid to avert industrial action. The State Government is offering a pay rise of 2.5 per cent, but Unions NSW secretary Mark Morey says recent productivity gains provide scope for a higher wage increase.

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UNIONS NSW, AUSTRALIAN RAIL, TRAM AND BUS INDUSTRY UNION, SYDNEY TRAINS, TRANSPORT FOR NSW, NSW BUSINESS CHAMBER LIMITED

Ditching car and catching train could save thousands

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Original article by Declan Gooch
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 3 : 20-Jan-15

A report by the Australasian Railways Association highlights Sydney residents’ annual cost savings by commuting via public transport. The report shows that driving a small car from Sutherland to the CBD each day would incur annual running costs of about $A8,000. However, a person without a car who only uses public transport would have travel costs of just $A1,730 each year

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AUSTRALASIAN RAILWAY ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, NRMA LIMITED