The New South Wales government will be forced to wait until next week before it can act on its threat to terminate an enterprise agreement for rail workers, with the long-running stoush set to go before the industrial umpire.
A government deadline was given for the Rail, Tram and Bus Union to abandon industrial action by 5 p.m. Friday.
However, the ultimatum was ignored by the RTBU, who instead filed an application in the Fair Work Commission to get negotiations back on track.
The dispute will go before the FWC on Tuesday, after a mention on Friday.
In a joint statement after the Friday deadline passed, Employee Relations Minister Damien Tudehope and Transport Minister David Elliott said no action would be taken before next week’s hearing….