# Rail strikes on hold as enterprise bargaining continues - Grain Central

> Rail strikes affecting Victorian grain movements remain on hold while Pacific National and the RTBU union continue enterprise bargaining. Around 10 trains were cancelled in March, and an interim arrangement from 31 March kept operations running for 11 days. The new agreement would replace one that nominally expired in December 2016.

- Date: 2017-04-12 · published 2017-04-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71504-rail-strikes-on-hold-as-enterprise-bargaining-continues-grain-central
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Rail disruption slows grain delivery to Victorian ports during a record harvest, adding demurrage and tightening port logistics, which supports local grain basis and freight costs.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-01-28 | [Ongoing strikes slow French grain exports - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55086-ongoing-strikes-slow-french-grain-exports-grain-central.md) | -0.5% | +2.7% |
| WHEAT | 2017-05-01 | [Train drivers carrying Victoria's grain harvest on strike over new enterprise agreement - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71045-train-drivers-carrying-victoria-s-grain-harvest-on-strike-over-new-enterprise.md) | +2.3% | +1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2018-05-30 | [CP Rail train crews go on strike as contract negotiations fail, talks continue - The Globe and Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65032-cp-rail-train-crews-go-on-strike-as-contract-negotiations-fail-talks-continue.md) | -0.6% | -2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2024-06-27 | [Rail strike still looms as holdup stretches on - Manitoba Co-operator](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29789-rail-strike-still-looms-as-holdup-stretches-on-manitoba-co-operator.md) | -2.2% | +4.2% |
| WHEAT | 2020-01-16 | [Feedgrain Focus: Prices jump as growers hold, fires disrupt - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55145-feedgrain-focus-prices-jump-as-growers-hold-fires-disrupt-grain-central.md) | -0.2% | -5.3% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/markets/rail-strikes-on-hold-as-enterprise-bargaining-continues/

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