Electricians impose work ban on new trams
TransAdelaide electricians who are upset over stalled wage negotiations have imposed work bans on a commissioning of Adelaide’s new tram fleet.
The first of six Spanish trams has been delivered to the Glengowrie tram depot in Adelaide.
Simon Pisoni from the electricians’ union says workloads are already too high.
“With our members struggling to cope with the service requirements of the current fleet, we don’t see what hope they’ve got to commission and maintain an additional fleet of trams from a different manufacturer,” he said.
TransAdelaide says the industrial action has not affected the first tram’s arrival and it expects it to be on the rails by Christmas/New Year.
