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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter

NSW police employee reinstated after pushing barricade at rail workers and calling them ‘bludgers’

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A NSW police employee who called striking rail workers ‘bludgers’ and pushed a barricade towards them has been reinstated after an appeal to the industrial relations commission. Photograph: Carly Earl/The Guardian

A New South Wales police employee who was sacked for telling striking rail workers “get back to work you bludgers” and pushing a barricade towards them has had his job reinstated.

The employee, John Fleming, said he was frustrated when he walked past rail workers who were “sitting outside at a cafe drinking coffee and … having a laugh and enjoying themselves because of the inconvenience they were causing me and other rail commuters” in February last year.

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