# Train drivers carrying Victoria's grain harvest on strike over new enterprise agreement - ABC News

> Pacific National freight train drivers began a 48-hour strike in protest at a proposed enterprise agreement that would cut pay by up to $19,000 a year. The company responded by locking out workers for the full week, halting transport of Victoria's record grain crop. The union says the new terms would also extend travel distances and conditions.

- Date: 2017-05-01 · published 2017-05-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71045-train-drivers-carrying-victoria-s-grain-harvest-on-strike-over-new-enterprise
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A halt to rail movements of a record Victorian crop forces grain onto costlier trucks and strands supply at up-country sites. This tightens port-side availability and can weigh on farmgate prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-10-10 | [GrainCorp workers threaten to strike during expected bumper NSW harvest - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27886-graincorp-workers-threaten-to-strike-during-expected-bumper-nsw-harvest-abc-news.md) | -0.5% | -1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2017-04-12 | [Rail strikes on hold as enterprise bargaining continues - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71504-rail-strikes-on-hold-as-enterprise-bargaining-continues-grain-central.md) | -1.0% | +1.6% |
| WHEAT | 2017-10-20 | [Pacific National coal, grain train drivers on strike across much of NSW \| Newcastle Herald \| Newcastle, NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68477-pacific-national-coal-grain-train-drivers-on-strike-across-much-of-nsw.md) | -0.0% | -3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2024-10-29 | [Grain handlers go on strike at Australian exporter GrainCorp](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27887-grain-handlers-go-on-strike-at-australian-exporter-graincorp.md) | +0.3% | -1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2025-09-23 | [Worker disputes ail grain handlers on the eve of harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22871-worker-disputes-ail-grain-handlers-on-the-eve-of-harvest.md) | -0.2% | +1.8% |

## Sources

- abc.net.au: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2017-05-01/victorian-freight-train-drivers-strike/8485556

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