Employer News
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 »
Momentum: Total Momentum Rail Ops EA Update
Friday 30 October 2020 Negotiations between the RTBU and Momentum continue to be difficult. Things are also moving at glacial speed, with meetings being held every fortnight for a maximum of two hours (sometimes less […] Read More »
PN Intermodal Outsourced Projects Enterprise Agreement Update
Protected Industrial Action Starts At the two member sessions at the Port Kembla Leagues Club on Friday 23rd October 2020, it was clear that members are very angry and unanimously voted to start Protected Industrial […] Read More »
Federal Court Union Win – Ex-IRA Backpay Case
Ex-Independent Rail (IRA) Train Crew had a big win in the Federal Court today, with the court finding that workers who worked at IRA during the period from the expiry of their 2011 EA up […] Read More »
PN Outsourced Protected Industrial Ballot Results
This morning we received the Declaration of Results for the PN Outsourced Protection Action Ballot with 93% of eligible members participating and in a sign of Unity all 8 industrial action options being overwhelmingly endorsed […] Read More »
PN Intermodal: Rollover negotiations set to commence
On Thursday 15 October PNI Members will receive the NERR (Notice of Employee Representational Rights) from Management which is the trigger to begin negotiations. EA Rollover Negotiations There are only two components to the EA […] Read More »
Pacific National Intermodal Outsourced Projects Enterprise Agreement Update: Ballot results
There will be two member sessions at the Port Kembla Leagues Club on Friday 23rd October 2020 at the following times: 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm, and 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm These two sessions […] Read More »
Sydney Trains flexible working survey
Members may have noticed Sydney Trains have circulated a survey entitled “Train Crewing Flexible Working” to operational staff. The Locomotive Division encourages members to be very cautious if they choose to complete this optional survey. […] Read More »
NIF update
Members are advised that the RTBU recently met with NSW Trains to discuss their proposed method for allocating the first NIF train revenue service runs later this year. They proposed that the first NIF train […] Read More »