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

[Rod Gayford <rjaygee@smartchat.net.au>]

Quite a lot of freights after 12 am on the Northern Line last night and several
NRC freights today I observed as I am home due to the strike.

Cheers

RJG

Jane Campbell wrote:

> 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
> grgI3.246$lE.2355@ozemail.com.au">news:grgI3.246$lE.2355@ozemail.com.au...
> > 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
> >
> >