Rail commuters granted temporary reprieve from work stoppages and strikes as unions and state government try to strike pay deal
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Sydney commuters have been granted a more than four month reprieve from industrial action on the city’s train network, after the Fair Work Commission ordered rail union work stoppages be suspended until 1 July.
On Wednesday evening, the Fair Work Commission announced that while it would not grant the six-month suspension that the New South Wales government had requested, it would temporarily halt all industrial action to help unions and the government strike a pay deal.
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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/19/industrial-action-on-sydneys-train-network-suspended-until-1-july-after-fair-work-commission-ruling