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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 »
PN Intermodal Outsourced Projects Enterprise Agreement Update: Negotiations have FAILED again!
Negotiations have FAILED again! Yesterday, your Delegates along with RTBU Officials attended an EA meeting at the Port Kembla Office with Pacific National. During this meeting, your negotiating team put to Pacific National an offer […] Read More »
PN Coal – Lithgow Depot Stand Up to Stand Downs
Further to yesterday’s Newsletter, today your RTBU Locomotive Division Organiser and Industrial Officer met with Pacific National Hierarchy to attempt to resolve the dispute regarding Pacific Nationals intention to stand employees down. Pacific National sought […] Read More »
PN Coal Lithgow Depot: STAND DOWNS ON HOLD
This morning after preliminary discussions with Pacific National Coal NSW management, Pacific National has now agreed to hold off on Standing Down their Lithgow employees to allow the dispute settlement process to proceed. A meeting […] Read More »
Port Kembla Stop Work
Today, the RTBU Members at Pacific National took part in a four-hour Stop Work demanding a decent pay increase at the Blue Scope site in Port Kembla. Read More »
PN Coal Lithgow Depot: JOB FAKER
As reported recently to Members, Pacific National Coal have issued their Lithgow employees a Stand Down Notice, standing them down without pay for up to three months from Thursday, due to their customer not providing […] Read More »
NSW ALP Mark Buttigieg’s Order for Papers for the NIF Passes Legislative Council
At a meeting of the NSW Legislative Council on Wednesday 11 November, NSW Labor Member Hon. Mark Buttigieg spoke in parliament on the Order for Papers concerning the New Intercity Fleet (NIF). During the debate, […] Read More »
PN Intermodal Outsourced EA Update – Protected Industrial Action
Protected Industrial Action The Ban on Overtime and the Ban on Piloting Duties started at 8 am yesterday morning. What does this mean? From 8 am on 5 November 2020, any Pacific National Employee that […] Read More »
NSW Government failing on freight targets
The NSW Government is sabotaging its own targets to shift freight transport from roads to rail with only 18% of containers sent to Port Botany currently transported by rail, far short of the government’s goal […] Read More »
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