What really infuriated me was that after five weeks of the dispute, the
Union just 'rolled-over', and totally conceded to the Government. At that
stage, and with a huge 'ground swell' of public support, the AT&MOEA could
have made demands (as did the ETU !); implementation of One Person
Operation was a given (considering both Labor and Liberal were determined
to push it through) - Secretary Luigi could have negotiated for the
retention of conductors during peak hours at the very least. Unfortunately,
it all came to nothing, and after the many weeks of sacrifices and
petitioning made by tram crews, they were left with less - in fact, nothing
of what was achievable. 😢

Dean Filgate.