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Pacific National: important employee update
Congratulations to each and every RTBU Member for standing together. Every signature on the two petitions (which totalled almost 1,500), every phone hook-up attended, and every written question has forced PN to change its tack. […] Read More »
Loco Express: Secretary’s Report
April 17, 2020 Issue 2: COVID-19 Dear members, Welcome to another edition of the Loco Express: COVID-19 edition. We hope that these special member communications are helping keep you updated on everything we are doing […] Read More »
Sydney Accommodation Change
The RTBU recently became aware that, owing to a Government decision to quarantine people for COVID 19 returning from overseas, the Travelodge was no longer available for Regional crew accommodation. This short notice meant that […] Read More »
Loco Express COVID-19 Edition: Secretary’s Report
March 27, 2020 Issue 1: COVID-19 Dear members, Welcome to this special edition of the Loco Express: COVID-19 edition. Given the current situation is changing so quickly, with sometimes differing messages coming out of the […] Read More »
Secretary’s Message
March 22, 2020 Dear members, Welcome to this special edition of Loco Express. Firstly, all members can be proud that once again they are continuing to provide a service, whether that be moving passengers around […] Read More »
Secretary’s Message
February 7, 2020 Dear members, The National Locomotive Division, Safety and Surveillance campaign continues and we encourage all members who have not yet checked it out and participated to click here as your view is important to […] Read More »
Loco Express: Secretary’s Report
Dear members, It’s been a busy year for everyone in the Loco Division and we should all use the holiday period to refresh in anticipation of further and ongoing attacks by employers and governments against […] Read More »
Government moves to reduce Long Service Leave for public sector workers
Buried deep within this year’s state budget papers was a casual remark about future savings to the budget by reducing long service leave (LSL) entitlements for public sector workers. while this was troubling, no one […] Read More »
NSW Budget 2019
The NSW Liberal-National Budget fails to address the state’s most pressing economic challenge, the crisis in wages growth. The budget has announced further job cuts to the NSW Public Sector and continues to stifle wages […] Read More »
Ongoing disputes with Aurizon
Aurizon are continuing to treat your agreement with contempt. After taking industrial action last year to achieve annual leave rights and workplace surveillance protections, members expected that Aurizon would honour its bargain. However, a mere […] Read More »