News
Strike action for Aurizon inaction
Your RTBU team gave Aurizon management an opportunity to resolve the outstanding issues and move forward with a new Enterprise Agreement but we were unable to reach agreement and the Company representatives walked out of […] Read More »
Aurizon: It only took 7 minutes
The RTBU met with Aurizon representatives today, Wednesday 22nd August 2018 as a result of the RTBU contacting the Company following last weekend’s protected industrial action. At the start of the meeting today, your RTBU […] Read More »
Driver Trainer and Principle Driver Recruitment at NSW Trains
NSW Trains has advised that it intends to fill long term vacant Principle Driver positions and increase its Driver Trainer establishment at Wollongong, Newcastle and Moss Vale. Principle Driver positions will be re-established for the […] Read More »
NSW Trains Annual Leave Dispute
The RTBU lodged a Step 2 Dispute with NSW Trains following apparent changes to the process for annual leave application. It had come to light that depots who can request annual leave (as opposed to […] Read More »
Southern Shorthaul Railway EA update
The Loco Division met with Southern Shorthaul Railway (SSR) Management on the 24th of July in an effort to resolve all outstanding EA issues. While SSR management is considering just two clauses, we believe that […] Read More »
Annual Around the Tracks Tour
The RTBU Regional South Tour is back! Come along to the locations listed here, grab yourself some food and a drink, have a chat about any issues in your and hear about the union’s plans for […] Read More »
Put it in the diary – Hunter Christmas drinks
The Hunter area Christmas drinks will be held on the 1st of December 2018 at the Wickham Park Hotel. $10 entry fee. Read More »
QUBE EA negotiations
The QUBE Enterprise Agreement is due to expire April 2019, and QUBE has initiated negotiations ahead of schedule in the hope that the new Enterprise Agreement will be finalised before the expiry of your current […] Read More »
‘Privatisation failure’ in the UK puts trains back in public hands
As if we needed more evidence of the fact that privatising our public transport services doesn’t work – the UK’s east coast main line has returned to public hands after what has been described as […] Read More »
Southern Shorthaul Railway (SSR) EA negotiations update
After the last bargaining meeting with SSR, the RTBU Loco Division was informed that SSR were to take the enterprise agreement out to SSR employees for a vote. This was despite the fact that the […] Read More »