WEBVTT - NSW rail dispute ends as agreement reached in fair work commission

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<v Speaker 1>This is huge breaking news. There has been a resolution

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<v Speaker 1>in the long running dispute between the New South Wales

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<v Speaker 1>government and the Combined Rail Unions, the industrial dispute that

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<v Speaker 1>has brought Sydney to its knees over the past at

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<v Speaker 1>least twelve months. It would appear the industrial action is over.

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<v Speaker 1>The dispute has been settled. I've just been handed some

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<v Speaker 1>information that says an agreement has been reached between the

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<v Speaker 1>state government and the Combined rail unions in the Fair

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<v Speaker 1>Work Commission. This brings the end of the industrial dispute

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<v Speaker 1>that's caused so much disruption over the past twelve months.

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<v Speaker 1>There is a proposed enterprise agreement. It has been facilitated

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<v Speaker 1>by the Fair Work Commission and it will provide rail

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<v Speaker 1>workers with a twelve percent increase over three years plus

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<v Speaker 1>back pay. And I should point out that's much much

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<v Speaker 1>lower than what the railway workers were after. This will

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<v Speaker 1>deliver apparently a number of technology based solutions to improve

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<v Speaker 1>recovery times when there are incidents on the tracks to

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<v Speaker 1>bring the system to a halt. For exact ample, train

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<v Speaker 1>crews will support the introduction of a new digital disruption

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<v Speaker 1>management system that will end the current practice that relies

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<v Speaker 1>on a manual system of phone calls and paper based

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<v Speaker 1>instructions during the recovery from incident, so as well as

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<v Speaker 1>the pay, they're basically the unions have agreed that they

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<v Speaker 1>will move into the twenty first century and actually used

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<v Speaker 1>new technology to help resolve to problems on the rail

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<v Speaker 1>network when the aging infrastructure fails. Well that's a good thing.

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<v Speaker 1>So there had been a ban on industrial action up

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<v Speaker 1>until it was the end of June, so time was

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<v Speaker 1>running out. Given dunes on Sunday. Jim begins on Sunday,

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<v Speaker 1>so this is a massive breakthrough. Finally it would appear

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<v Speaker 1>there's an end to the dispute. The Minister for Transport,

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<v Speaker 1>John Graham says the agreement will bring relief to the

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<v Speaker 1>disruption from industrial action that around a million people a

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<v Speaker 1>day have been forced to endure. The process has been strained,

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<v Speaker 1>the patience of training commuters is we're thinking the much

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<v Speaker 1>needed reset allows us to implement improvements from passengers with

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<v Speaker 1>the full support of the rail workforce and unions. The

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<v Speaker 1>Treasurer Daniel Mookie says this is a positive result for

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<v Speaker 1>rail workers and for commuters. Rail workers will be better

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<v Speaker 1>off with a fair wage increase, commuters will have greater certainty,

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<v Speaker 1>the city will be better off. So just repruting the

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<v Speaker 1>long running dispute between the combined rail unions headed up

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<v Speaker 1>by the RTBU and the state government is over. There

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<v Speaker 1>will be a twelve percent pay rise over three years,

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<v Speaker 1>and there will be no more strikes