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SSR Enterprise Agreement- February update
Your RTBU Bargaining team engaged with SSR again last week to present our responses to the latest offer. The key issues discussed during this session include: Wage Increase SSR’s current offer stands at 18% over […] Read More »
SSR Enterprise Agreement- January update
Your RTBU Bargaining team engaged with SSR on January 17 and 31, 2024. During the initial meeting, SSR presented their proposals, subsequently shared with all staff. The meeting on the 31st was dedicated to your […] Read More »
SSR Enterprise Agreement: January bargaining update and meetings
Bargaining for the new SSR Enterprise Agreement has re-commenced for 2024. Today, we met with SSR to hear their latest underwhelming offer and as result we have scheduled a number of Zoom meetings on Friday […] Read More »
SSR Enterprise Agreement update- SSR introduces new claims
Following the resounding No vote to SSR’s inferior Enterprise Agreement, we have resumed negotiations. Last week, we met with SSR management to go through the whole log of claims so that SSR could understand which […] Read More »
SSR Enterprise Agreement update 22 September
Members, yesterday your EA bargaining team met with SSR again. There was a last-minute attempt by SSR to add a new clause, without consultation, to the Agreement that would have had the effect of negating […] Read More »
SSR Enterprise Agreement Update
Yesterday, the Locomotive Division met with SSR and the independent bargaining representatives. Despite being told last week that there may be some more movement on reducing the duty cycle, SSR told us today that they […] Read More »
SSR Enterprise Agreement update
Your Locomotive Division bargaining team met with SSR again on Thursday 17/08/2023. In this meeting, we learnt that SSR considers that the next meeting will be the last. They seem to think that the new […] Read More »
SSR Enterprise Agreement update, 11/08/23.
Negotiations for your new SSR EA are continuing. This week we had 2 meetings with SSR management. The first meeting was for SSR to walk us through their proposal for bi-monthly payouts of some excess […] Read More »
Southern Shorthaul Railway – EA Update
After numerous meetings and teleconferences regarding the SSR Enterprise Agreement, SSR have sent through a finalised draft version of the EA for review. This includes negotiated changes to RDO (or Green Days), which were changed […] Read More »
Southern Shorthaul Railway – Agreement Update
Members are advised that following a telephone hook up with the Company last week the major outstanding item of DutyFree (Green) Days remains outstanding. Whilst the Locomotive Division have continued to argue for the claim […] Read More »