00:00The break in hostilities was celebrated by those caught in the middle.
00:07It's fantastic. It certainly helps my daily commute, that's for sure.
00:09It makes it easier to get to and from school.
00:11It just stops everyone from being late everywhere.
00:13The government won an order suspending industrial action on the rail network until July, but not September as it had argued for.
00:21This is the longest duration ever awarded by the court.
00:24It gives us clear air to have the discussions that we now need to come to a fair deal.
00:30The Fair Work Commission criticised what followed last week's collapse of negotiations over a bonus payment.
00:36Instead of the parties maturely seeking to work through this problem, there was an immediate resort to disruptive industrial action.
00:43The full bench added,
00:45The mutual recrimination suggests that further protected industrial action may result in the parties moving further apart.
00:52Yeah, look, we're disappointed.
00:55Also disputed was the nature of so-called 471 notices sent to employees,
01:00saying they wouldn't be paid for any work on a day they took part in a partial work ban.
01:05The Commission found the union's descriptions were untrue.
01:09Lockout notices. Lockout notices.
01:11I hope that eventually you guys will start reporting that this is a lockout.
01:15The tribunal found these false characterisations led to some members taking matters into their own hands
01:21and organising industrial action beyond that authorised.
01:24No, look, I maintain it was a lockout. I'm not going to go back on that,
01:28even if it's not a technical lockout according to the President.
01:31The government says it remains committed to giving commuters a day of free travel in response to a network meltdown last month.
01:38Meanwhile, Business NSW Research has put a price on the economic damage.
01:43Since 1 January, it's cost the economy around $100 million, these rail strikes.
01:47A mediation session is scheduled for next Friday.
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