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Secretary’s Report | 26 February 2021
Dear members, It has been a busy fortnight in the Locomotive Division as you can see in the many updates in this edition of Loco Express. On Wednesday, the decision was made to have PN […] Read More »
Decades-long ban on female drivers on Moscow’s subway trains overturned
A decades-long ban prohibiting women from driving trains on Moscow’s Metro subway has been overturned. The ban was first introduced in 1980 and prevented the hiring of new female drivers. Russia’s Ministry of Labor first […] Read More »
Secretary’s Report – 20 November 2020
Dear members, It’s been a busy two weeks since the last Express. Members who work for Pacific National, who are covered by the Intermodal Outsourced Agreement, last week commenced protected action ballot following their hugely […] Read More »
Loco Express: Secretary’s Report, 6 November 2020
Dear members, It’s been a turbulent few days with State government decisions seeking to arbitrarily slash/limit wages and opportunities for workers who have been integral to bringing us through the COVID-19 pandemic. But first, I […] Read More »
Loco Express: Secretary’s Report
Dear members, After the Federal Budget’s inadequate consideration of the security and rights of working people and the Berejiklian Government’s disrespectful 0.3% wage rise for public sector workers, we are once again faced with unjust […] Read More »
Loco Express: Division President’s Message
Dear members, This past week has revealed a change in government plans for the working people who carried our country through the pandemic. The Federal Budget was a huge missed opportunity. As the ACTU pointed out […] Read More »
Loco Express: Secretary’s Report
July 31, 2020 Dear members, We all know the NIF is nothing but an unsafe and flawed toy from NSW Trains and no matter how they try to dress it up, we will not ignore the […] Read More »
Loco Express: Secretary’s Report
July 10, 2020 Dear members, The Division is still at loggerheads with NSW Trains as we continue to reject their unsafe and unrealistic NIF Operating model. From what we have seen, their Operating Instruction Manual […] Read More »
Loco Express: Secretary’s report
June 19, 2020 Secretary’s Message Dear members, As we approach the middle of the year, we’re reminded of how much we’ve all faced as a Division and individually in 2020 so far and how, despite efforts from […] Read More »