Territory And Municipal Services have announced that Deane’s Buslines are going to do the work ACTION won’t:
Following the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union’s (AMWU) notification earlier this week that their members would not be undertaking overtime work in ACTION depots, a decision has been made to engage Deane’s Buslines to provide chartered services to the Canberra Raiders match and the Black Opal Stakes on Sunday.
“While the AMWU was told in Fair Work Australia on Wednesday that their members could not take unprotected industrial action, ACTION has limited staff working this weekend,” said Director, ACTION, James Roncon.
“Many of the staff that would normally have worked withdrew their labour on Tuesday and Wednesday this week meaning there will likely be a shortage of mechanics to perform routine bus maintenance over the weekend in readiness for the Tuesday morning peak school and work bus commuters.
“In order to protect our core responsibility of delivering week day and also weekend route services, Deane’s Buslines will now be providing services to and from the Canberra Raiders match and services from the Black Opal Stakes on Sunday.
“Deane’s has provided similar services in the past and always done a good job.
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I dunno, why doesn’t Deans just do all of Canberra, they don’t seem to whinge as much…
ACTION drivers blocading Raiders and the Black Opal? Did you get that idea from the ACTION announcement johnboy?Can`t read between the lines that well myself.I think you`ll find most ACTION drivers are TWU members, not AMWU members.
If this isn’t an advertisement for free market capitalism, I don’t know what is.
buzz819 said :
But you’d all start whinging about the ridiculously high prices they charge in comparison to Action. Compared to Deane’s service in Queanbeyan, Action is one of the best bus networks in the world..
pete09 said :
If a service provider (albeit a government one) can’t or won’t do a job, source an alternate. Where’s the problem?
georgesgenitals said :
I believe that is what most car drivers are doing.
RedDogInCan said :
Hell yeah.
The Chief can’t get the military to break strikes like Hawke did so he goes to the next best available thing – Deans! All military buses are likely to be unserviceable or someone found at when the vehicles arrived that they were in fact 90 year old frames and the horses used to pull them are no longer available.
georgesgenitals said :
+1
Diggety said :
But that would not require the wasting of copious amounts of our money? This certainly is a radical policy departure from the London Circuit Soviet.
ACTION mechanics johnboy but don’t let your hatred of us baby-eating, grandma-raping bus drivers get in the way of the facts.
Mr Sludge: I think you`ll find most ACTION drivers are TWU members, not AMWU members
Actually it is AMWU whom is having the dispute. It’s industrial action being conducted by workshop staff. Not drivers on this occasion.
51modelBloke said :
Thats what i said,drivers not involved therfore no drivers blocade.
Bussie said :
exactly
Bussie said :
Awww, I always thought it was the other way around.
Ian said :
Watch out – some of those grandmas are underage!
georgesgenitals said :
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mr sludge said :
He’s referring to the 16 year old Grandmas from Queanbeyan. Oh hang on, she wasn’t 16, she was 17. Sorry, my mistake.