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Footplate – COVID-19 Public Health Order Mandatory Face Coverings – Update 2
To Sydney/NSW Trains Members, Further to Footplate No 1.21 issued last week regarding Public Health Order Mandatory Face Coverings and following a report back meeting this afternoon between the RTBU and Sydney Trains/NSW Train Link […] Read More »
PN Intermodal Outsourced Projects Enterprise Agreement Update
The RTBU has taken further industrial action this week with three 24-hour work stoppages on 15, 16 and 17 December 2020. As you are aware, the RTBU must comply with Federal Court orders and stop […] Read More »
PN Intermodal: Train Crew 2021 EA Update – “In Principle” Agreement Reached
On Thursday December 17 your RTBU Negotiating Team reached “In Principle” agreement with Pacific National on a rollover position for the new EA. After a fair bit of robust negotiating your EA Team locked in […] Read More »
Footplate: NIF Update – Post Action Discussions
Following the scheduled “Mission Readiness” exercise on the NIF train and the safety events that followed, the RTBU has been meeting with NSW Trains and a Transport for NSW representative to try and resolve the […] Read More »
PN NSW Coal– Lithgow Depot Members Update
After weeks of pressure and an ongoing dispute, Pacific National Management have finally given members some clarity around their future. The Depot is to be all but closed, in a two phased process that is […] Read More »
Taking ownership of disappointment
Members may recall that on the 27th of November NSW Trains Chief Operating Officer, Dale Merrick sent a message to you the membership, stating; “We (NSW Trains) are disappointed that the RTBU decided to take […] Read More »
PN Intermodal Outsourced Projects Enterprise Agreement Update: Pacific National Will Not Meet
This week, the RTBU made numerous attempts to get Pacific National back to the negotiation table to discuss the outstanding issue of remuneration, with the hope that this would of occur this Friday. We also […] Read More »
ATP Training for Waterfall Drivers
After a lot of consultation, feedback and determined hard work from the delegates on the project, training will allow Sydney Trains drivers to operate the ATP in normal mode on the Sydney Trains network. From Monday […] Read More »
Media Release: RTBU withdraws safety ban and stop work action following cancellation of testing of unsafe train
Following the announcement of a 24-hour stopwork by railworkers, Transport for NSW has cancelled NSW Trains’ Mission Readiness train test which will no longer take place this weekend. Railworkers in calling this stoppage did so […] Read More »
Media Release: Train drivers, guards and crew endorse safety ban on New Intercity Fleet trains starting tomorrow
The Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) members will refuse to work on New InterCity Fleet (NIF) train due to serious safety concerns. The NIF will be tested on the Sydney Trains Network this Friday […] Read More »
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