NSW: Bus drivers will go ahead with strike

AAP General News (Australia)
12-17-2009
NSW: Bus drivers will go ahead with strike

Bus drivers WILL go ahead with a strike tomorrow .. saying the government's offer of
a six per cent pay rise over two years is too late.

The drivers' union says the State Transit Authority refused to let union members attend
a meeting to decide on strike action tonight.

Rail Tram and Bus Union spokesman RAUL BAONZA says the 24-hour strike will now go ahead.

Premier KRISTINA KENEALLY confirmed tonight that the government would honour an offer
of wage increases of three per cent .. back dated from June 12 this year .. and a further
three per cent from next June.

But Mr BAONZA says it's too little, too late.

The strike's expected to affect up to 600 thousand commuters in Sydney and Newcastle
.. although western Sydney services on the Liverpool Parramatta Transitway won't be affected.

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