Visit the 
Visit the 
Visit the Employer News
Aurizon NSW Coal update
Return on availability dispute Following our last newsflash on 18 August 2023, the Return on Availability Dispute was escalated to Aurizon’s General Manager of Operations. On 21 August 2023, Aurizon acknowledged and responded to our […] Read More »
Railtrain: non-Union EA voted down
In a significant update to members, we can now report that RailTrain’s proposed enterprise agreement has come to a grinding halt, after a resounding no-vote from the workforce. RTBU Locomotive members have communicated a strong […] Read More »
SSR Enterprise Agreement update
Your Locomotive Division bargaining team met with SSR again on Thursday 17/08/2023. In this meeting, we learnt that SSR considers that the next meeting will be the last. They seem to think that the new […] Read More »
Aurizon Return on Availability Dispute Update
Today the RTBU via Teams met with Aurizon Management who advised, consultation would continue as they “do not agree we are in dispute”. The RTBU does not agree with this view, hence we have escalated […] Read More »
SSR Enterprise Agreement update, 11/08/23.
Negotiations for your new SSR EA are continuing. This week we had 2 meetings with SSR management. The first meeting was for SSR to walk us through their proposal for bi-monthly payouts of some excess […] Read More »
QUBE – Fair Work Commission Update
Your RTBU Locomotive Division Negotiating team returned to the Fair Work Commission Monday, 7 August 2023, for the continued conciliation with QUBE management facilitated by Commissioner Crawford. Monday’s conciliation was productive to a point, with […] Read More »
QUBE – Fair Work Commission Update
Your RTBU Locomotive Division Negotiating team returned to the Fair Work Commission today, 4 August 2023, for a conciliation with Qube management facilitated by Commissioner Crawford. Members who have been following along would be aware […] Read More »
ONE RAIL AUSTRALIA COAL – NEW EA APPROVED
Today, we received notification from the Fair Work Commission that your new enterprise agreement has been approved. It will come into force 0001 next Wednesday 9th August 2023. This is great news, as it will […] Read More »
Fair Work Commission Update & stopping industrial action
This evening we received the Fair Work Commission’s decision dismissing our section 424 application. Obviously, this is a disappointing result but it was simply too difficult for the Union to prove the safety allegations with […] Read More »
QUBE notifies of ANOTHER Lock-out
With RTBU members becoming more and more concerned at the safety risks posed by QUBE’s efforts to mitigate a lack of train crew, it was decided that Protected Industrial Action notified by members would be […] Read More »
Subscribe
