The Rail, Tram and Bus Union represents 35,000 workers across Australia. Authorised by A Claassens, Sydney NSW 2000
Feb 21, 2022 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
Let's be crystal clear about what is going in on NSW. The RTBU intended to take legitimate and legal industrial action today which would not have affected service. Workers would have worked as per their normal roster. The employer, however, chose to shut down the rail network. 1
The State Government then publicly stated that the network shutdown was caused by a 'strike' by the RBTU. This was false, but was widely reported. 2