Employer News
Sydney Morning Herald: Town Hall station overcrowding to force staff to slow access at peak
Matt O’Sullivan: Pressure on Sydney’s Town Hall train station has grown significantly during peak periods due to a 23 per cent surge in passengers in just three years, raising the prospect of staff limiting access […] Read More »
Newsflash: QUBE EA update
On Wednesday, October 3 RTBU Locomotive Division delegates and officials met with QUBE Management at their head office in Minto to continue to negotiate your EA. During this meeting, QUBE Management highlighted some items in […] Read More »
Southern Shorthaul Railway – Agreement Update
Voting on the Southern Shorthaul Railway EA has now been finalised. Members/employees have had their say and voted down the proposed Company Enterprise Agreement 63 to 39. This result confirms that 2/3 of members/employees are […] Read More »
Footplate: Driver’s Road Knowledge Qualifications
The Locomotive Division wishes to remind Members to remain vigilant regarding their current road knowledge competencies with the introduction of the new Sydney Trains timetable. This timetable will see some depots traversing roads which they […] Read More »
Newsflash: QUBE EA Negotiations update
Members are advised that the second meeting was held with QUBE in relation to the Enterprise Agreement. The RTBU Locomotive Division negotiating team sat down on Tuesday the 18th September to further discuss the log […] Read More »
QUBE Enterprise Agreement Update
Members are advised that the second meeting was held with QUBE in relation to the Enterprise Agreement. The RTBU negotiating team sat down on Tuesday to further discuss the log of claims that was created […] Read More »
BREAKING NEWS: RMC and Railtrain stopped in their tracks – RTBU members win Right To Be Union
RTBU members have secured a major victory at the Fair Work Commission against RMC Track and Civil and its parent company Railtrain. RMC scheduled a vote on a proposed non-Union enterprise agreement in the pre-dawn […] Read More »
BREAKING: RMC and RailTrain stopped in their tracks – RTBU members win the Right to be Union
RTBU members have secured a major victory at the Fair Work Commission against RMC Track and Civil and its parent company Railtrain. RMC scheduled a vote on a proposed non-Union enterprise agreement in the pre-dawn […] Read More »
Railtrain Newsflash: the workers united will never be defeated
For over 18 months, Railtrain workers have stood strong and united in the face of management’s desperate attempts to keep undercutting your pay and conditions. As one employee said: “Railtrain will do or say anything […] Read More »
Why does Railtrain pay less?
Railtrain is pulling every stunt and cutting every corner to avoid bargaining for a fair enterprise agreement. Click here to download the latest bulletin about why Railtrain pays its workers less. Read More »