Sydney rail workers push for annual pay rise of 8%

Thousands of NSW rail workers are pushing for an annual 8 per cent pay rise over four years and a cut in the working week to 35 hours, in a major test of the Minns Labor government.Sydney’s rail network, the state’s combined rail unions handed a log of claims detailing the pay demands to Sydney Trains and NSW Trains management on Monday afternoon, five days after delegates endorsed it.

The Rail Tram and Bus Union said in a statement that real wages for its members had fallen significantly since the last enterprise agreement due to inflation. “The former Liberal government’s wage cap also resulted in a suppression of wages over the past 12 years,” it said.Coalition transport spokeswoman Natalie Ward said a pay rise of the magnitude sought by unions would be a “sweetheart deal” for them but terrible for taxpayers.

“The rail agencies look forward to productive discussions with the combined rail unions during this round of bargaining,” it said. Under the existing two-year agreement approved by the industrial umpire in early 2023, rail workers received a 2.53 per cent pay rise in the first year and 3.03 per cent in the second, as well as one off-payment of $4500.That agreement ended a dispute between rail unions and the Perrottet government which severely disrupted Sydney’s rail network for extended periods in 2022.

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