<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The </span><a href="http://ww.9news.com.au/queensland" rel="" target="" title="Queensland"><span>Queensland</span></a><span> rail workers' union has announced it will engage in industrial action over the next two weeks after pay negotiations with the government stalled yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The work stoppages will put extra pressure on a network already under strain after extended track closures through April, ongoing maintenance work, and the NRL's Magic Round, a four-day rugby league festival that sees all 18 teams play at Suncorp Stadium, in mid-May.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Rail Tram and Bus Union said it failed to reach a wage agreement with Queensland Rail at the Fair Work Commission conference yesterday because the deal offered was similar to one already rejected.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-shooting-iran-live-updates-us-politics-april-28-king-charles/b8458881-ea3b-4a8c-b1a8-23b686b4bdce"><strong><span>European superpower says US is 'being humiliated'</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Yesterday was a disappointment, and there's no two ways about it," the union's Queensland branch secretary Peter Allen said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There was some progress, but it was small, and nowhere near enough."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The rolling strikes are understood to affect different parts of the workforce, including maintenance workers and train signallers.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-rail-strikes-union-pay-negotiations-fail-brisbane-news/0ce45b4e-3bc4-4201-97b7-14aa5f0efdba" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We will not stop trains — this will be measured and deliberate," Allen said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If the network is disrupted, that will be Queensland Rail's choice, just as it was at Easter."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Queensland Rail confirmed more than a dozen extra rail services were planned for the Magic Round weekend on May 14-17, but work stoppages may still impact services for commuters.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Rather than impacting commuters travelling to work, school or the footy, we're asking the unions to stop their games and come back to the negotiating table," the spokesperson said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Queensland Rail has made a fair and reasonable offer, including a standalone agreement for electrical workers, a key demand by the Electrical Trades Union.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"With each passing day, union-protected industrial action is hampering Queensland Rail's ability to deliver safe and reliable train services for our customers."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get 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