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Christmas drinks: Fri 16th December

Nov 4, 2016

Save the date! Christmas lunch and drinks are planned for Friday 16th December. Lunch: 11:00, Flemington MC Train Crew Building Drinks: 13:00, Lidcombe Bowling Club. Read More »

End of the line for Silverton Tramway Company social club in Broken Hill after 126 years

Nov 3, 2016

For years after the Silverton Tramway Company in far west NSW was bought, sold and merged into obscurity, its employees’ club continued to meet. But the 126-year-old group, possibly the oldest social club in Broken […] Read More »

Rail, not road, says Clover Moore

Nov 3, 2016

Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore makes the case for spending the WestConnex money on rail instead in a letter to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald today. Read her piece here Read More »

PN Service Delivery Transformation = Termination

Nov 3, 2016

Instead of consulting with you and your union, Pacific National consulted with their bean-counters and delivered a decision to terminate over 120 of its permanent workers. PN wants to replace these employees with casuals or with […] Read More »

Delegates’ conference coming up: 8-9 November

Nov 3, 2016

The Locomotive Division is holding a Delegates’ Conference for all Governing Committee Delegates on the 8th and 9th of November. We’re still finalising the schedule, but it will include: Updates from the RTBU Assistant National […] Read More »

Victory for Norwegian Locomotive drivers!

Nov 1, 2016

Our colleagues in Norway have had a big victory after prolonged strike action. As of Monday morning they are back at work. The employer agreed to send a common letter to the Norwegian Transport Minister with […] Read More »

RTBU Shocked by Death of Brisbane Bus Driver

Oct 29, 2016

The Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) is offering support to union members and staff affected by today’s death of a bus driver at Moorooka in Queensland. Read more from the RTBU National Office here. Read More »

Update from Norwegian Locomotive drivers

Oct 28, 2016

          Message from our Norwegian colleagues from the NLF locomotive drivers’ union: Update on the Norwegian Locomotive drivers strike The strike has now been going on for 4 weeks.  124 locomotive […] Read More »

Hunter and Illawarra jobs go as Pacific National cuts 121 freight rail positions

Oct 28, 2016

Pacific National has announced big job cuts which will hit the Hunter Valley and the Illawarra hard. There are 121 jobs on the line in total, with 32 drivers to go from Port Waratah, eight from Greta, […] Read More »

Another NSW Transport cost blowout

Oct 26, 2016

The cost of the northern beaches bus line project has doubled after the NSW Government neglected to consider the cost of buying land, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. There are also rising doubts that the project will actually […] Read More »

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