Rail dispute cost 44,000 work hours, $500,000 for venue hire, says government

The hearing is expected to run into next week and will be pivotal to the reliability of Sydney’s rail network, which has been plagued by sporadic disruptions for months due to the dispute.

They also dismiss the unions’ assertion that they were forced to bargain with a revolving cast of government ministers who had inconsistent views and positions. “There is simply no merit in this allegation,” their submission states. In an affidavit, a senior Sydney Trains manager estimates that a total of 44,000 hours was paid to delegates to release them their normal roles for bargaining.

They claim the two sides had appeared to be on the cusp of an agreement last week before Transport Minister David Elliott told them at a meeting on Wednesday last week that the government was withdrawing from bargaining.

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