Re: Sydney NSW Train Strike 29/9 (was: Train Strike Tomorrow.)

["Jane Campbell" <janecampbell@optusnet.com.au>]

Can't tell you much about the signallers or the freight (although I did see
one passing through Hornsby early this afternoon), but station staff are the
ones in dispute.  Drivers and guards had to sign on for shifts as normal but
didn't work trains because of the "safety issue".  I had nightmares thinking
about working a train through Central with no indicators or
announcements....it's bad enough on a normal day!!  I'm not sure how they
could possibly get the peak up and running except by using crews who live
near their depots.  I know there were quite a few, who were unable to get to
work to sign on and will miss a day's pay accordingly.

Regards

Jane :))


Bill McNiven <wmcniven@gunzel.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> I get confused about who is on strike ...
>
> I heard a radio report that drivers were reporting as rostered.
>
> One news story reads
> "RTBU members employed as customer service staff, ticket salespeople,
> station managers and duty officers are involved in today's stopwork. But
> safety regulations prevent drivers and guards, also RTBU members,
operating
> trains without station staff present."
> so how come I haven't seen any freights either?  Are RBTU signallers out
or
> do station staff still exchange hand signals with the guards on freights?
>
> I also get confused about whether the employees or the management are
> playing games ...
>
> Another story reads
> "Outside the hearing, RTBU senior industrial officer Bob Wadham said there
> would be no trains for peak hour commuters this afternoon because it was
> logistically impossible to get the network operating in time."
>
> Back on the seventies and eighties there were several demonstrations of
how
> it *is* possible to resume an off-peak train service over a few hours if
> crews start their rostered peak-hour shifts in the afternoon.  Why is it
> that the RBTU spokesman, rather than CityRail, decides what is possible?
>
> Looking forward to informed details,
>
> Bill
>
>