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QUBE Update- Intractable Bargaining
Last Thursday, 7 November 2024, the final day of hearing in the Intractable Bargaining proceedings before the Fair Work Commission was heard. At the conclusion of the hearing, Deputy President Wright reserved her decision and, […] Read More »
QUBE legal update
Underpayment Federal Court Yesterday, we were listed before the Federal Court of Australia for an interlocutory hearing of QUBE’s Stay Application which was filed on 9 September 2024. While QUBE was pressing that this matter […] Read More »
QUBE EA gets the big thumbs down
As usual, the RTBU had to request the EA vote results from QUBE, and to our surprise, they provided the results about 40 minutes after the ballot closed on 11 September at 1800hrs. This marks […] Read More »
QUBE Enterprise Agreement update- vote ‘no’ to a dodgy deal
Tomorrow morning at 6am, QUBE’s Enterprise Agreement opens for voting. There is only a short window for employees to vote with it closing at 6pm on Wednesday night. The agreement sent out is not endorsed […] Read More »
QUBE EA Tour
As mentioned in our previous Newsflash, the RTBU Locomotive Division will be touring to discuss QUBE’s unendorsed Enterprise Agreement and where we are up to relating to the Federal Court proceedings. If you can’t make […] Read More »
QUBE mobile phone dispute
Tuesday this week, your RTBU Locomotive Division issued QUBE Management with a Notice of Dispute regarding the issuing of company Mobile Phones without consultation with you or the RTBU. To date we have not received […] Read More »
QUBE EA Update
It has now been 2 weeks since our Fair Work Conference, where QUBE announced that they would be sending out their unendorsed Enterprise Agreement for you to vote on. The unexplained delay and silence is […] Read More »
QUBE Bargaining Update- conclusion of meetings before DP Saunders
A final supervised bargaining meeting occurred before DP Saunders in Newcastle last Friday, 9 August 2024. This meeting followed QUBE’s latest loss in the Variation Proceedings and the company made the most movement it had […] Read More »
QUBE EA update
Last Friday, your RTBU Locomotive Division and your EA Delegates met again with Qube Management in front of Deputy President Saunders at Newcastle. This was our second meeting as part of the Intractable Bargaining Application. […] Read More »
QUBE EA s217 Variation Appeal
On Tuesday 9 July 2024, a Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission heard QUBE’s Appeal to overturn the decision of Deputy President Cross that dismissed their s217 application to vary the 2015 and 2019 […] Read More »