Sydney trains industrial action looms as RTBU launches legal action against NSW government [Video]

The Minns government has upped its pay offer to thousands of rail workers in a bid to end a protracted wage dispute, a day before unions are due to start a series of work bans that threaten to cause service delays and cancellations on Sydney’s train network.

The offer presented to rail workers comprises a pay rise of 13 per cent over four years, as well as a 1 per cent increase from savings from the merger of Sydney Trains and regional operator NSW Trains and 1 per cent from legislated super increases.

The government has asked rail unions to give it an in-principle response by Thursday, and it intends to put the offer to a vote of the 13,000-strong rail workforce in the coming weeks. Rail unions have rejected a request to drop a series of …