Free bus rides for some Sydneysiders as drivers strike

Passengers on some Sydney bus providers are travelling without spending a dime in the present day as bus drivers take industrial motion.

Transit Techniques bus drivers in area six, which covers the Inside West, Sydney CBD, Olympic Park, Strathfield and Rockdale providers have turned off their Opal card machines in the present day.

Drivers are calling for pay rises and higher working situations from the NSW authorities.

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1000's of Sydney commuters journey without spending a dime on buses in the present day.(The Sydney Morning Herald)

That is the third bus strike in a matter of months for Sydneysiders.

State Secretary of the Transport Employees Union (TWU) Richard Olsen claims the federal government has ignored drivers' requires equal pay and situations in area six.

"At Transit Techniques we've a state of affairs that the NSW Authorities left us in, in 2018 after they privatised area six," Olsen stated.

"Bus drivers doing precisely the identical job are employed on a two tier system of wages and situations."

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Bus drivers have turned off their opal card machines as a part of the strike.(9News)

Secretary of the Rail, Tram and Bus Union David Babineau stated bus drivers should not should repeatedly take industrial motion and the NSW authorities ought to meet their requests.

"The actual fact bus drivers are nonetheless being compelled to take motion as a way to repair the mess of the NSW Authorities's creation beggars perception," he stated.

The union has threatened extra strike motion if their calls for are usually not met.

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