Employer News
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 »
QUBE Enterprise Agreement negotiation update
Negotiations continue before the Fair Work Commission Yesterday, arising out of our application for an Intractable Bargaining order, we held the first supervised bargaining meeting in Newcastle before Deputy President Saunders of the Fair Work […] Read More »
Aurizon Bulk- redundancy win
Members Offered Alternate Employment Following significant pressure from your Locomotive Division, Aurizon management have advised the following: “ As a result of new information relating to customer demand forecasts and requirements for near-term grain services, […] Read More »
QUBE general update- 5 June
1 – Intractable Bargaining Update 2 – QUBE’s appeal to vary the 2015 and 2019 EA’s. 3 – Federal Court Proceedings 1 – Intractable Bargaining – QUBE and the RTBU were in the Commission on […] Read More »
AURIZON NSW BULK RESTRUCTURE
BULK EMPLOYEES FACE REDUNDANCY IN SHAMEFUL MOVE As Aurizon Employees across the NSW Bulk and NSW Coal Business’s would have seen in yesterday’s correspondence from the company, Aurizon Bulk have announced a restructure of its […] Read More »
QUBE member update- 24 May
QUBE appeals Fair Work Commission – True to form, QUBE is refusing to accept the outcome of their misguided s 217 application and are appealing the decision by Deputy President Cross to dismiss the application […] Read More »
QUBE – Not Having a Good Week!
1 – EA Vote goes down (again). 2 – QUBE loses their application to vary the 2015 and 2019 EA’s. 3 – Preparations for the Intractable Bargaining case are moving ahead. 1 – The latest […] Read More »
QUBE Enterprise Agreement update- 22 April
QUBE’s Misleading Employee Memo This Employee Memo is titled ‘Enterprise Bargaining Update’ – Let’s be clear, there’s been no bargaining to update you on since QUBE’s last agreement was voted down in December 2023. Instead […] Read More »
QUBE Enterprise Agreement- 19 April
What Sneaky QUBE Management has done and not advised you of? Made changes to clause 4.2 to say the following: “Upon incorporating Award terms into the Agreement, the incorporated Award terms are to be read […] Read More »