Re: CityRail Strike Action

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Daniel Nightingale wrote:

> Why is it that every time I hear strike action is going to take place, it is
> always called of at the last moment? Can someone shed some light on why the
> PTU and the ASU keep calling off strikes to sort this mess out, only for
> CityRail management to continue with their dog tactics when the services are
> guaranteed to run. I believe you have to draw a line somewhere brothers, and
> stand up and fight for what you believe in. Remember the transport strike in
> the 1980's. Things got sorted very quickly when we shut the city down.
> Remember, "United we stand, Divided we beg."

The station staff signed their own redundancies when they accepted that huge pay
rise a few months ago.  The union should have advised them back then to say no
before it was too late.

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David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/