Union head and Liberal minister agree umpire powerless to solve rail dispute

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The head of the union movement and the NSW Liberal minister overseeing the drawn-out trains dispute both say the federal workplace umpire lacks the teeth to resolve the industrial stand-off

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Tudehope backed McManus, saying the commission had “no real powers” to settle the bargaining dispute through arbitration, adding it was all but redundant in the industrial battle. However, the solutions of the two differed. NSW Employee Relations Minister Damien Tudehope has found common ground with the head of the national union movement.Tudehope, however, said he wanted the Commonwealth to allow the return of Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink and other government corporations to the jurisdiction of the NSW Industrial Relations Commission, which has the ability to arbitrate.

On multi-employer bargaining, the ability for workers to negotiate across businesses, McManus said, “you want bargaining to be quick, you want it to be simple, you want it to be fair, and you want it to be accessible.” McManus also said she wanted a national discussion on casual workers receiving sick pay, although the movement’s priority was to ensure permanent workers mischaracterised as casuals were receiving their proper entitlements.

 

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the umpire needs a new whistle.........ASAP

GO SALLY xxx

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