Update
QUBE Members Enterprise Agreement Update: Voting commences tomorrow – vote no!
QUBE management has neglected to inform you of a major issue that they have inserted into their inferior Enterprise Agreement, and it should be noted that your Negotiation Team has neither agreed to, nor will […] Read More »
Opinion piece: Is the dream of the inland rail merely a fantasy?
This opinion piece was published in the Canberra Times and other Australian Community Network publications on Monday 24 April 2023. The Inland Rail project is a critical piece of infrastructure that, if designed and run […] Read More »
One Rail Delegates Take Advantage of Shutdown to Get Feedback
Last week during the HV Shutdown, One Rail Delegates were able to get out and seek feedback from the membership on One Rails latest EA Proposals. Although there have been some gains, the parties are […] Read More »
Important announcement for Freight Members regarding public holiday work
On 28 March 2023, the Federal Court handed down an important decision for all employees that has profound impacts with respect to public holidays moving forward. All members should carefully read this newsflash. In summary, […] Read More »
QUBE Members Enterprise Agreement Update
Following the overwhelming “NO” vote for QUBE’s inferior Enterprise Agreement, your bargaining representatives met with QUBE management on Wednesday to continue negotiating an Enterprise Agreement that you deserve. Your negotiating team went into the meeting […] Read More »
ATP- Update
The roll out of ATP operated in “normal” continues to gather momentum within Sydney Trains with all network track now fitted (except the ESR). Traction commissioning and Driver Training also continues to roll out. Drivers […] Read More »
QUBE members vote thumbs down on substandard EA
After numerous requests to QUBE management, today we finally received the actual results from QUBE’s premature and misguided enterprise agreement ballot. Management only provided this information after your bargaining representatives made it clear that if […] Read More »
Vale John Punch
It’s with regret and sorrow that we report the death of our comrade John Punch. John has always been a strong Unionist, never fearing to speak up for the working class. John had only recently […] Read More »
Special notice to RTBU members: Insufficient Nominations Elections (recall) 2022
The attached information has been received from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) regarding the RTBU Insufficient Nominations (Recall) elections for NSW Branch positions for 2022. The NSW Locomotive Division specific positions are as follows: Sub-Divisional […] Read More »
Amended election notice to RTBU Rail Members
The attached information has been received from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) regarding the specific as mentioned Positions in the Notice. Due to an AEC administrative error, it would seem not all voters received ballot […] Read More »