The Fair Work Commission has ordered industrial action on the city’s rail network to be suspended until July.
The New South Wales Government had taken the Combined Rail Unions (CRU) to the commission seeking a six-month long pause on the strikes, after which point the dispute could be settled by arbitration.
Yesterday evening, the tribunal decided that it would instead instigate a “cooling off period” until July 1, to help the RTBU and the government strike a deal.
The Fair Work Commission found that it was “in the public interest” for industrial action to pause.
A spokesperson for Transport for NSW said: “Passengers now have certainty that their rail services will not be affected with the types of disruption that industrial action has caused recently.
“The Rail Agencies remain committed to continuing to negotiate with the CRU.
“Sydney Trains and NSW TrainLink thank all passengers for their patience during this period of disruption.”
Toby Warnes, Secretary of the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) NSW, said the union is “hopeful but not confident” that the NSW Government will see this result as reason to come back to the negotiating table.
This morning, almost all rail services are currently running on time.
