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Dispute over time credits at Lithgow and Mt Victoria depots
Members are advised that a Step 2 dispute exists over the allocation of time credit sheets in two depots. The first matter arose out of Lithgow following the issuing of altered working for their Bathurst […] Read More »
Medical Mayhem at NSW Trains
NSW Trains are currently experiencing a shortage of drivers which we believe has only been exacerbated by a failure of those responsible to provide due notification for drivers about Category 1 medical examinations. At the Sydney […] Read More »
All the latest from our comrades in NZ
Check out the August issue of RTMU’s The Activist to keep up with all the latest news from our Kiwi colleagues! It’s a bumper edition with updates on everything from South Island Port Bargaining to […] Read More »
War on wages: Australians are working harder and going backwards
When Sahar Khalili started work as a casual pharmacist eight years ago, she was paid $35 an hour. Over the years that has fallen to as low as $30 while her rent has more than […] Read More »
Merv Flanagan Appeal
Mervyn Flanagan was murdered by a strikebreaker in Camperdown during the Great Strike of 1917. Read more and learn how you can contribute to the campaign for a proper headstone and memorial for this labour […] Read More »
1917 Great Strike CDs available at cost price!
Celebrate the stories and songs from one of Australia’s greatest class stuggles with a copy of the 1917 Great Strike Centenary CD! We’ve purchased 50 Great Strike CDs which we’re offering to members at cost […] Read More »
NSW Labor Conference backs push for locally-built trains
Go Trish Doyle!! As Blue Mountains MP, she has been a tireless advocate for building new trains in NSW. Now she’s had a big win securing the support of delegates to the NSW Labor Conference. […] Read More »
5 August: The Great Strike Community Day
When NSW railway and tramway workers from Eveleigh Railway Workshops and Randwick Tramsheds walked off the job on 2 August 1917, they triggered a strike that became one of Australia’s largest industrial conflicts. On August […] Read More »
NSW Railways History, the month of July
July 1850 The first company to start rail transport in New South Wales was the Sydney Railway Company which was incorporated on 10 October 1849 with the aim of building a railway from Sydney to […] Read More »
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