Unions say the government's newly unveiled pay offer to rail workers is likely to be rejected when it goes to a vote. The government's still offering less than half what unions are demanding and industrial action is set to continue tomorrow.
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00:00After months of industrial action and uncertainty for commuters, the Government has an offer
00:07it hopes could end it all.
00:09An offer is being made to the Sydney trains workforce, an offer that is a fair and reasonable
00:17one.
00:18The Government's offering 15 per cent over four years, that includes a 1 per cent superannuation
00:23increase and 1 per cent found through cost savings, mostly by merging regional provider
00:28NSW trains with Sydney trains and making staff redundant.
00:33I think the approximation from the Government is about 103 jobs.
00:38The jobs which are going to be sacrificed in relation to that will be regional jobs.
00:43But the 15 per cent is less than half the 32 per cent that unions have been demanding
00:48and the RTBU doesn't think its members will back the offer.
00:52I would imagine very unlikely at this stage but as I said we haven't seen the detail yet.
00:57While the Government and unions have made some progress, it hasn't been enough to avert
01:01another three days of industrial action starting tomorrow.
01:06Train crews will drive 23km an hour slower than the speed limit, but only when that limit
01:11is 80 or higher.
01:13We don't anticipate large impacts, trains will be running slower, we have no doubt about
01:17that, but people will still be able to get from point A to point B.
01:20We will no longer accept partial work from our staff, for staff that are coming to work
01:26we expect them to undertake their normal duties or they won't be coming to work and they won't
01:31be paid.
01:32The Government wants the offer put to a vote within the next few weeks.