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***MEDIA ALERT*** Adelaide Metro rail industrial action to continue tomorrow

Rail, Tram and Bus Union < 1 mins read

Tuesday 16 April, 2024

Adelaide Metro rail workers will take industrial action again tomorrow in pursuit of a fair and reasonable pay deal from private rail operator Keolis Downer Adelaide (KDA).

Workers will stop work for two hours tomorrow (Wednesday 17 April) between 4 pm to 6 pm.

Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) SA/NT Branch Secretary Darren Phillips today rail workers had been forced to escalate their industrial action due to KDA’s heavy-handed approach to negotiations.

“Workers never want to take industrial action like this, but they have been left with no other option to pursue their claim for a fair and reasonable pay rise.

“KDA has not come back to the negotiating table with a better offer, so unfortunately tomorrow’s industrial action planned will go ahead as planned.

“We know that KDA is out to extract as much profit from the people of South Australia as possible before services are returned to the State Government, but rail workers are united and determined to get a fair outcome from the Enterprise Agreement."

Darren Phillips will be available to discuss the industrial action at 2pm this afternoon at the RTBU SA/NT Office

WHAT: Media interview regarding Adelaide Metro industrial action 

WHEN: 2.00 pm TODAY (Tuesday 16 April 2024)

WHERE: Ray Hancox House, 63 Ledger Road, Beverley

Contact: Darren Phillips 0407 414 527 / [email protected]

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