00:02Commuter chaos on the rail network.
00:04There's no trains off the Cleveland line today.
00:07As passengers turned up but were told to go.
00:11I've rocked up here and it's closed so now I need to get a bit of a shift on.
00:16It'll mean that I'm late for work and that'll cost me money.
00:19It's going to be a major pain in the arse.
00:21That pain sparked by the cancellation of about 300 services on the Ipswich and Cleveland lines.
00:28The union and government on different tracks over who's at fault.
00:32It should have never spilled over into the public and into the passengers.
00:35That was the decision of the government.
00:37This is the rail union taking Queenslanders for a bad ride.
00:40The union says the industrial action from train controllers was only meant to impact coal trains.
00:47Instead the government chose to throw the network into chaos and stop the running of passenger trains.
00:56We want people to come to work and do their full job.
00:59Which means delivering for all customers, not just passengers, not just freight.
01:04The Queensland rail boss took aim over what she says unions have asked for during the months long wages negotiations.
01:11Some of these items include paid, paid bereavement leave, paid birthday leave.
01:20I can't speak for what was on the table in the early days but if it was mentioned it wouldn't
01:25have been something that was ever to be taken seriously.
01:28Queensland rail has offered a 10.5% pay rise over four years but the union wants more.
01:34We're talking about the important things, things like safety and fair wages.
01:39We have made a very fair and reasonable offer.
01:42Queensland rail has warned there could be more disruptions tomorrow.
01:48Queensland rail is a dead man.
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