Update
Berejiklian Govt under pressure over dodgy Sydenham-Bankstown Line Conversion
A parliamentary inquiry into the NSW Government’s metro rail line project has found what many of us already knew – that the case and rationale for converting the Bankstown line has “not been adequately made […] Read More »
IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR ALL PN MEMBERS
RTBU National Secretary Mark Diamond today wrote to Pacific National CEO Dean Dalla Valle to express his strong concerns about the company’s attempt to ram through changes to your Enterprise Agreements. A copy of Mark’s […] Read More »
URGENT Pacific National News
Yesterday evening, the RTBU became aware that Pacific National’s Coal and Freight businesses were planning to announce at around 11am today, Thursday, 9th April 2020 that it would be seeking to change the working/rostering conditions […] Read More »
May Timetable Change
Consultation continues at a local level regarding diagram changes for May, with several depots now complete. Eveleigh depot has reported that none of the promised fixes to their working will occur in May with management […] 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 »
Pacific National Intermodal Outsourced Projects Enterprise Agreement Update
With the Enterprise Agreement nominal expiry date being the 30th June 2020, negotiations commenced yesterday after months of delay by Pacific National. While Pacific National didn’t have a Log of Claims ready for yesterday’s meeting, […] Read More »
Jim Hughes calls it a day
On Wednesday the 18th of March, Penrith Driver Jim Hughes signed on for the very last time to bring to an end his railway career of over 45 years. Jim is the last of 6 […] 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 »
QUBE Enterprise Agreement gets voted down – again!
Members have had their say by voting down QUBE’s proposed Enterprise Agreement AGAIN. The vote went down by 55 to 53 with 7 members/employees not voting. Soon after notification of the vote, the NSW Locomotive […] Read More »
Around the Tracks Tour
Brian Head will be out and about at the following locations. Please come along and have a chat with Brian about any issues in your workplace and hear about the union’s plans for the future. […] Read More »