Employer News
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 »
QUBE Enterprise Agreement update- 16 April
Intractable Bargaining After lodging the Intractable Bargaining application last Friday afternoon, the Fair Work Commission has already started the process. The Intractable Bargaining has now been listed for Mentions/Directions this Friday at 11am. Remember, through […] Read More »
QUBE Enterprise Agreement update 15 April
Intractable Bargaining Application Has Been Filed Late Friday afternoon, the RTBU NSW Locomotive Division filed in the Fair Work Commission an application for Intractable Bargaining. While this has been a long exhausting process, it has […] Read More »
QUBE Enterprise Agreement update- 8 March
Yesterday, we met with QUBE Management as part of the Good Faith Bargaining Conference outcome that was before Deputy President Cross on 19 February 2024. As part of that Conference, QUBE were to supply an […] Read More »
Aurizon Coal- don’t be intimidated over leave entitlements
The RTBU Locomotive, recently became aware of Aurizon implementing intimidatory tactics across its NSW Coal workforce in regards to Employees personal carers leave (Sick Leave) entitlements. Members contacted us after they had been called in […] Read More »
SSR Enterprise Agreement- February update
Your RTBU Bargaining team engaged with SSR again last week to present our responses to the latest offer. The key issues discussed during this session include: Wage Increase SSR’s current offer stands at 18% over […] Read More »
QUBE Enterprise Agreement update- 22 Feb
Members should be aware that a Good Faith Bargaining Conference occurred, following the application filed by the RTBU Locomotive Division, before Deputy President Cross last Monday 19 February 2024. As a result, QUBE has been […] Read More »