Australian PN coal train crews escalate industrial action

摘要

Several hundred Pacific National trainworkers are planning a 48-hour strike from 12pm Saturday (01:00 GMT) in an escalation of theirindustrial dispute with the coal train servicescompany in Australia’s New South Wales state,the Rail, Tram and Bus Union said Monday.The industrial action is concurrent with a banon overtime working by members of the RTBU atPacific National, and has the potential to paralyzemost coal exports traffic to Newcastle and PortKembla over the coming weekend.