Unlimited single sick days, “healthy option” meal allowances and a flat 15 per cent increase to night shift pay rates for station managers are just some of the claims NSW train workers are asking for in a bitter industrial dispute.
The NSW Rail, Tram and Bus Union’s log of demands also requests drivers receive six “R U OK” days on top of their annual leave allowance. Another clause scraps a requirement for workers to hand in a doctor’s certificate when they call in sick the day before, or after, a public holiday.
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Samantha Hutchinson is the AFR's National Reporter. Most recently, she was CBD columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Before that, she covered Victorian and NSW politics and business for The Australian, the AFR and BRW Magazine. Connect with Samantha on Twitter. Email Samantha at samantha.hutchinson@afr.com.au
