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QUBE update
EA Negotiations On Friday 15 November 2024, your RTBU Officials attended a supervised conference before Deputy President Saunders at Newcastle with QUBE Management. At this high-level meeting, a pay/general/global terms offer was provisionally agreed as […] Read More »
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 »
Watco EA update- PABO vote
Protected Industrial Action Your RTBU Legal team made an application on Wednesday to the Fair Work Commission to start process to approve your legal right to take Protected Industrial Action. As such, protected action ballot […] Read More »
North-West Christmas Party
All RTBU members are invited to come along and catch up with other members and officials to continue building solidarity across the North-West! BBQ dinner- Werris Creek Golf Club, 19 November from 5pm Contact Jarrod […] Read More »
WATCO Enterprise Agreement update
In what can only be described as an underhanded tactic, Watco arranged a meeting on 10 October 2024 with some RTBU delegates advising in advance this would not be a bargaining meeting. Even though Watco […] 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 »
Watco EA Update
Last Tuesday we had the 7th bargaining meeting with Watco Management. This meeting was very disappointing to say the least and wasn’t very productive with many outstanding items still not resolved. We started with Public […] 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 »