Strike canned, Sydney ferries run as usual

Sydney ferries will operate normally Monday morning after unionised staff cancelled a planned strike.

The members of three unions, the Australian Maritime Officers Union, Maritime Union of Australia and Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers, were to stop work during Monday morning peak hours to discuss conditions offered in a new enterprise bargaining agreement.

But they have now decided not to go through with industrial action.

"There is a very good offer on the table and we would like to finalise this agreement and get back to business," Harbour City Ferries boss Steffen Faurby said.

"The service disruption to our customers is not productive and we are pleased they have withdrawn the action."

Ferry workers have base salaries between $80,000 and $115,000, 10 weeks of annual leave, 12.5 per cent superannuation, a 10.5 per cent pay increase over four years and can't be forced to take redundancies during the next two years.

More than 30 meetings have been held between HCF, a joint venture of Transdev and Transfield Services, and union representatives during the eight months of negotiation.