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5 August: The Great Strike Community Day
When NSW railway and tramway workers from Eveleigh Railway Workshops and Randwick Tramsheds walked off the job on 2 August 1917, they triggered a strike that became one of Australia’s largest industrial conflicts. On August […] Read More »
NSW Railways History, the month of July
July 1850 The first company to start rail transport in New South Wales was the Sydney Railway Company which was incorporated on 10 October 1849 with the aim of building a railway from Sydney to […] Read More »
Reserve Bank governor warns about “insidious” slow wage growth
Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe has warned that “insidious” slow wage growth is now a challenge for the central bank and means Australia will struggle to meet the bank’s inflation target. “Wealth inequality has become more […] Read More »
NIF consultation recommences
The RTBU recently met with NSW Trains and the NIF Train project group to discuss the next consultative phase of this project. From August and for approximately six months, RTBU delegates will discuss the varied […] Read More »
NSW Trains: Rostering dispute lodged
Regional members are advised that a Step 2 Dispute has been lodged with NSW Trains in regards to the implementation of the Opcrew rostering system across regional depots. This implementation has resulted in the period […] Read More »
Win for Sydney Trains members: 4 X 193km protection secured!
Your Locomotive Division Representatives recently met with Sydney Trains management to re-enforce the long standing condition of employment which limits the number of mileage shifts a Driver can perform each fortnight. In spite of continued […] Read More »
United for secure jobs
Union delegates and representatives met with Sydney and NSW Trains management on the 25th July to talk about the issues that matter in your new Agreement. We put forward a plan for negotiations. Our plan […] Read More »
Foreshadowed tolls make rail look better for South Coast commuters
Imagine you have a specialist’s appointment in the centre of Sydney. Do you take the train? Or do you you drive? If the toll structure flagged for the F6 extension is to be believed, the […] Read More »
Blue Mountains rail celebrates 150 years
When the Great Western Line opened up 150 years ago there was no pomp and ceremony, unlike the bacchanalian feast in February of the same year of 1867, to celebrate the opening of the Great Southern […] Read More »
The power and passion of union boss Sally McManus
The Guardian has published an excellent profile on ACTU Secretary Sally McManus. It’s long, but it’s well worth the read! As ACTU president Ged Kearney told The Guardian: “This is the time for Sally McManus. She hasn’t changed […] Read More »
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