Rail chaos looms with 'whatever it takes' worker push

Rail union secretary Toby Warnes says commuters deserve a government that values public transport. Video via AAP.

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00:00Our message to the government is our door is open for the next two weeks at least to

00:05get this deal done.

00:06All we've ever wanted is to get the deal done.

00:11Come and talk to us and we'll finish this and let the people of NSW get on with their

00:17festive season.

00:18We understand how commuters feel.

00:21We say to the commuters that they deserve a government that values its public transport

00:26system and right now it does not have one.

00:29Sydney Trains had two weeks to prepare for this eventuality.

00:33Our understanding is that they haven't, so there may be significant impacts on the network

00:38from now until at least the end of the day when Sydney Trains are able to recover.

00:42We can't tell, as I said, how Sydney Trains will respond to industrial action coming back

00:48on this quickly, but as I said, Sydney Trains had two weeks to prepare for this.

00:54If they haven't done that, then it's on them and the government.