Australian coal train drivers working for the country's largest private railway company are currently at odds with their company over what they feel are unfair terms for their new transport contracts.
(prHWY.com) February 25, 2013 - London, United Kingdom -- Australian coal train drivers working for the country's largest private railway company are currently at odds with their company over what they feel are unfair terms for their new transport contracts.
The workers picketed last week to protest a decrease in their annual pay rise, from 4 percent to 3 percent. The strike, initially scheduled to last only 24 hours, ended up being twice as long, with aggressive action taking place near the company's headquarters in New South Wales.
The company, however, remained just as intransigent as it has been throughout the past 12 months, claiming labour is too expensive as it is and leading the situation to escalate.
Union drivers initially proposed a staggered pay rise, over three years, which would bring their
transport contracts up to industry standards. This offer was later revised, whilst the company attempted to prove their workforce was already overpaid. The employer's intransigence eventually led to the need for industrial action, which so has been carried out in such a way as not to disturb other freight drivers.
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