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QUBE members update: workplace determination made
The Fair Work Commission late yesterday formally made the Qube Logistics (Rail) Train Crew NSW Workplace Determination 2025, following the RTBU’s successful application for an intractable bargaining declaration. The Determination was made under the Secure […] Read More »
QUBE runaway incident: company warned of danger in 2023
MEDIA RELEASE 9 July 2025 The Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) NSW Locomotive Division has expressed serious concern following a Qube-operated steel train breaking free on Sydney’s northern suburbs at the weekend, an incident […] Read More »
QUBE members update
Inductions are a form of training, and we have been advised that Members are being told to perform Inductions and other workplace courses in their own time. This comes from feedback received during the EA […] Read More »
QUBE update- agreement reached
After 2 weeks of intense negotiations with QUBE Management, your RTBU negotiating team has finally reached agreement on terms suitable for a replacement instrument to the 2019 Enterprise Agreement. A fair compromise position was reached […] Read More »
QUBE update- intractable bargaining update
Post Declaration Negotiating Period Update Following the Fair Work Commission’s intractable bargaining declaration and meetings last week, RTBU officials and delegates met again on Monday, 19 May 2025 with QUBE management and again these discussions […] Read More »
QUBE Intractable Bargaining update
As previously stated, the Fair Work internal benchmark for a decision is 12 weeks from the hearing date or last submissions. The RTBU has written to the Fair Work Commission seeking an update on the […] Read More »
QUBE EA update
QUBE’s Appeal in the Federal Court On Wednesday, 5 March 2025, the Federal Court heard QUBE’s judicial review application in a full-day session. After extensive legal arguments, the Court has reserved its decision, with a […] Read More »
QUBE Enterprise Agreement update
Enterprise Agreement Negotiations Bargaining has been dysfunctional for some time and hasn’t progressed at all since November. The last opportunity for EA discussions occurred on 20 November 2024, when the Union offered to meet with […] Read More »
QUBE Update- Intractable Bargaining
Last Thursday, 7 November 2024, the final day of hearing in the Intractable Bargaining proceedings before the Fair Work Commission was heard. At the conclusion of the hearing, Deputy President Wright reserved her decision and, […] Read More »
QUBE legal update
Underpayment Federal Court Yesterday, we were listed before the Federal Court of Australia for an interlocutory hearing of QUBE’s Stay Application which was filed on 9 September 2024. While QUBE was pressing that this matter […] Read More »