I'm finding myself weirdly on the fence about the Fair Work Commission and their decision against the #SydneyTrainstrike
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On the one hand, it's obvious that the strike has good grounds. If ~50% of the network is run on overtime, there's clearly an issue that needs to be addressed urgently
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That being said, I don't disagree with the reasoning behind cancelling the strike. For one thing, people will die
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I don't say that metaphorically or whimsically. It's the first day back at school. There will be thousands of extra cars on the roads anyway, even without a strike. More cars=more accidents=more deaths
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It's not hyperbole, it's statistical fact. Imagine nurses striking on Christmas: as much as I might feel sympathy for the cause, I'd have to criticize the implementation
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It's also true that the strike will cause financial hardship for millions of people across Sydney to the tune of tens/hundreds of millions of dollars
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Many of these will be wealthy business owners, but many won't. It seems unfair that a strike for one group should cause people totally unrelated to their problem such serious financial distress
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So...do I think that the train workers have every reason to strike? Absolutely. Do I think that the Fair Work Commission made the right decision...well, maybe
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If the train workers had chosen another day, if the impact wasn't so monumentally huge...who knows
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But I think painting it as a black-and-white issue either way oversimplifies either the workers' plight or the serious issues that a strike would cause
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