ST-RIKE!!

I love a little industrial terror in the morning.

So despite the NSW Government's best efforts at quelling any and all dissent in the face of the massive tax-payer funded Pope fest that is World Youth Day (and wouldn't we all be happy if it were in fact a day and not a week?) it seems the Rail Tram and Bus Union may be able to do what us mere mortals are unable to: bring Sydney to a grinding halt.

Sweet!

Don't get me wrong I know a lot of people are going to be really inconvenienced by this and it is easy for me to gloat given my predilection and ability for using my own two feet to get around. But it should also be noted that if it weren't for all of the upheaval of WYD, the street closures, the extra traffic and people the extra pressure on public transport including the chartering of just about every available bus, we just wouldn't be in this predicament.

But you know given the whole climate change situation, given that the NSW Government has known about WYD for a while and given that this industrial dispute has been going on for 11 months or so you think they might have sorted it out just a little earlier.

Certainly I would prefer that the money I invest in this state were spent on essential infrastructure which includes a fair enterprise agreement for train drivers.

Apparently some moves have been made including taking job losses off the table in order to progress enterprise bargaining.

Yes kids you read that right. In a city where we don't have enough public transport to adequately provide for the people who live here the State Transit Authority was threatening to cut jobs...

Gotta love long term vision, it's what makes NSW great.

In solidarity I say stop the trains and make the pilgrims walk like their ancestors had to.

And never let it be said that collective action doesn't get you anywhere. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it union-busters!