NSW Trains
Wollongong Depot Union Day
The Wollongong depot RTBU members recently held their regular union day to discuss matters affecting members, not only in Wollongong but across NSW Trains’ areas of operation. At the forefront of these discussions was the […] Read More »
NIF Update
Members are advised that NSW Trains have today presented the RTBU with its proposed remuneration package for drivers who will be operating the NIF trains. After advising that the Government “was aware of the offer”, […] Read More »
New InterCity Fleet Update 21: South Korea Trip
Dear members, It has come to our attention that NSW Trains has misrepresented the mood of the recent trip to South Korea. From our point of view, all that the Korea trip achieved was to […] Read More »
NSW Trains January 2020 Timetable Change
NSW Trains Members will be aware that the timetable will change in early 2020 which results in new diagrams being constructed and consulted upon, followed by consultation and construction of new rosters. New diagrams have […] Read More »
New InterCity Fleet (NIF) Update
Members will be aware of the recent message to staff from Peter Allaway regarding NSW Trains closure of the consultative process for their version of a NIF Operating Model. The RTBU Locomotive Division (RTBULD) views […] Read More »
NIF: New driver responsibilities
Members will be aware of the ongoing consultation regarding the NIF Trains design and the proposed “final operating model” tabled by NSW Trains in June 2019. For the information of those members who were unable […] Read More »
NIF Update
Please see below for a New InterCity Fleet update in the RTBU Express this week. ———— Dear members, Yesterday, your union representatives and NSW Trains were again before the Fair Work Commission. The union reported […] Read More »
RTBU New InterCity Fleet Depot Tour
Members are advised that the RTBU will be conducting a tour of NSW Trains depots to discuss the proposed NSW Trains operating model for the NIF trains and the resultant changes to current roles and […] Read More »
NSW Trains Flexible Work Pilot Program
The RTBULD recently attended a meeting to discuss how NSW Trains could expand or improve how its employees could work more “flexibly”. Apparently this has come about following a NSW Government decision in 2016 to […] Read More »
NSW Trains Principle Driver Dispute
The RTBU Loco Division has been agitating for numerous years for NSW Trains to re-institute the Principle Driver role within Regional depots which has been allowed to wither to the point where there was only […] Read More »