Update
PN Coal Lithgow Depot: STAND DOWNS ON HOLD
This morning after preliminary discussions with Pacific National Coal NSW management, Pacific National has now agreed to hold off on Standing Down their Lithgow employees to allow the dispute settlement process to proceed. A meeting […] Read More »
PN Coal Lithgow Depot: JOB FAKER
As reported recently to Members, Pacific National Coal have issued their Lithgow employees a Stand Down Notice, standing them down without pay for up to three months from Thursday, due to their customer not providing […] Read More »
Footplate: The Truth about the NIF’s In-Cab Camera
Members will have seen the NSW Trains document concerning in-cab cameras on the NIF dated 13 November 2020 addressed to all NSW TrainLink train crew. This nonsense promoted by NSW Trains about the in-cab camera […] Read More »
NSW ALP Mark Buttigieg’s Order for Papers for the NIF Passes Legislative Council
At a meeting of the NSW Legislative Council on Wednesday 11 November, NSW Labor Member Hon. Mark Buttigieg spoke in parliament on the Order for Papers concerning the New Intercity Fleet (NIF). During the debate, […] Read More »
Invitation: PN HSR Meeting
FOR THE ATTENTION OF ALL PACIFIC NATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES You are invited to the final RTBU PN HSR Zoom for the year. Even if you haven’t attended before, jump on the Zoom and […] Read More »
Treasurer says NSW public sector wage cuts “generous”
NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet defended the government’s decision to cap wage increases for the public sector at 1.5% over the coming years, calling it a “generous policy”. This comes after a damaging temporary wage cut […] Read More »
Whale sculpture catches crashed Dutch metro train
The driver of an empty train has made a lucky escape after thanks to a fortuitously placed art installation. A metro train in Spijkenisse, Netherlands, crashed through a barrier at the end of the tracks […] Read More »
Momentum: Total Momentum Rail Ops EA Update
Friday 30 October 2020 Negotiations between the RTBU and Momentum continue to be difficult. Things are also moving at glacial speed, with meetings being held every fortnight for a maximum of two hours (sometimes less […] Read More »
RMTU NZ Activist Newsletter
Dear members, please find below the latest issue of the RMTU NZ Activist newsletter. Read the full newsletter here. Read More »
Vale Bernie Willingale
Getting to the Footplate Bernie Willingale was born in 1933, in the depths of the Depression, the son of a railway man, who was a Fitter’s Mate at Enfield all his working life. Bernie started […] Read More »