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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Michael McGowan and Tamsin Rose

‘They did an Alan Joyce on us’: how the Sydney rail dispute escalated

The transport union has accused the New South Wales government of playing politics with commuters amid claims the two parties had come to a weekend agreement which would have prevented a shutdown of the state’s train network.

Sydney’s transport network was thrown into chaos on Monday after a long-running industrial dispute between the rail workers’ union and NSW government saw staff across the network “locked out” and train services ground to a halt.

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