Countrylink: Goulburn MOU upheld

During recent track work, the long standing agreement to man the SP35/32 Canberra service with two drivers (owing to the shift length) was breached under the guise of a “local agreement” enabling one driver only as the train did not complete a round trip.

Drivers rostered for this service were being re-rostered onto other work, which was in breach of the Stable Rostering Code as well as the MOU. The RTBU strongly opposed these actions to the point of dispute before gaining the full adherence to the original MOU.