Union adds trams to trains in rail shutdown

First trains, now trams! The rail union continues to flex its muscles and commuters look set to pay an even higher price as the union decides on a rail shutdown at Yarra Trams as well as at Metro.

Premier Daniel Andrews needs to tell the union to drop its outrageous demands, return to talks at the Fair Work Commission and negotiate a fair and reasonable outcome for its members without disrupting commuters.

For The Age’s report on the latest developments, see Melbourne commuters face tram strikes as tension builds over Metro trains , and for the Herald-Sun see Melbourne’s public transport will grind to halt as train and tram staff strike.