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Rail safety week a reminder that safety is everyone’s responsibility
This week is Rail Safety Week. It reminds all rail users that safety on our network is everyone’s responsibility.Drivers often have very little time to react if they see someone illegally crossing tracks, or to […] Read More »
Are there “fatal flaws” in Rio Tinto’s driverless trains plan?
Mining giant Rio Tinto is having difficulties with AutoHaul, its driverless trains program. The company is spending $US518 million on the problematic driverless trains, claiming that AutoHaul will save the company up to an hour […] Read More »
Hunter Bowls and Info Day
All members are invited to attend a meeting and information session followed by a BBQ lunch and some bowls in Newcastle on the 24th August. The meeting and information session will give an update on Aurizon in-cab […] Read More »
Newsflash: Southern Shorthaul Railway EA 2016
To members: The Southern Shorthaul Enterprise Agreement is nearly up for renewral and as such a survey was sent out to all members for their feed back and what changes they would like to see […] Read More »
ARTC NSW EA Vote Result Report
A vote of 486 Australian Rail Track Corporation employees on the Enterprise Agreement received a majority yes vote, by just 18 votes. Read the notice from Combined Unions. Read More »
Globetrotting Loco Division backpacks: send us your best pics
Do you never leave home without your trusty RTBU Loco Division backpack? We’re on a mission to find the best shot of a Loco backpack far away from home… Can you beat this pic from […] Read More »
Update on ARTC NSW EA negotiations
*** Note this dispute excludes train drivers*** Contrary to members’ request for ARTC to return to the negotiation table, they have instead embarked on a path of deceit along with the Federal Government in an […] Read More »
Letter to members who work for ARTC
Dear members, Last week we have had a taste of what it feels like to be standing between Federal Government Ministers and a bucket of money. Two senior Federal Government ministers have now intervened in […] Read More »
Aurizon’s full-year profit down 88%
Aurizon has forecast flat rail haulage volumes and pledged deeper cost cutting after reporting an 88 per cent drop in full year net profit to $72 million, according to reports in the Australian Financial Review. Aurizon is reviewing its […] Read More »
Derailed in the desert
Drive east along the Trans Australian Railway line across the Nullarbor and in the middle of nowhere — or between Rawlinna and Naretha, about 350 kilometres east of Kalgoorlie — a kinked dark line appears […] Read More »
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