Determined opposition to NSW Premier Morris Iemma's plan to sell the state-owned electricity assets has begun, with mass walkouts at four power stations.
Workers at the Vales Point and Munmorah power stations on the NSW central coast, and at Bayswater and Liddell stations in the Hunter Valley, yesterday rejected the $10 billion sale announced by Mr Iemma on Monday.
The NSW secretary of the Electrical Trades Union, Bernie Riordan, said the strikes would not cause power shortages for consumers because skeleton crews had agreed to maintain operations.
He said the decision by the workers to strike with no union officials present sent a strong signal to the Iemma Government about the intensity of the opposition to the Government's privatisation plans.
Workers at two more power stations, Wallerawang and Mt Piper at Lithgow, west of Sydney, are expected to hold meetings and could follow their colleagues out on strike.
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