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Update 5: Update: Asbestos in C and K Sets
The Sydney Trains WHS Divisional Committee has advised the Locomotive Division that the following C and K sets have been tested and verified safe to re-enter service by an external independent Hygienist. These sets […] Read More »
Update 3: Asbestos in C and K Sets
This afternoon, the Sydney Trains WHS Divisional Committee advised the Locomotive Division that the following C and K sets have been tested and verified safe to re-enter service by an external independent Hygienist. These sets […] Read More »
Update 2 – Asbestos in C and K Set Trains
A meeting was held on Wednesday with Sydney Trains about the ongoing issue of asbestos in C and K Set Trains and the broader management of asbestos within the Sydney Trains workplace. Representatives from the […] Read More »
United for a fair agreement
Update 3, Wednesday July 12 Our combined rail unions’ representatives have just begun negotiations with Sydney and NSW Trains management for our new agreement/s. This meeting was our chance to tell management what matters to […] Read More »
Why privatisation won’t make Sydney’s buses run on time
There is a twisted piece of logic at play in the New South Wales government’s plans to privatise bus routes across Sydney’s inner west, writes an anonymous Sydney Bus Driver. Read more in The Guardian. Read More »
Update: Asbestos in C and K Sets
Your RTBU team continue to have serious concerns regarding the discovery of Asbestos Dust in some of Sydney Trains’ rolling stock; namely C and K sets. After members across the Sydney Trains Network told management […] Read More »
Asbestos dust/particles found in C and K sets
The Locomotive Division have been made aware of asbestos dust/particles being found in various C and K Sets with the predominate location being in driver’s side Circuit Breaker panels. We understand that the sample data […] Read More »
Railtrain: The results are in!
It only took two whole weeks and an application in the Fair Work Commission filed by the RTBU to get Failtrain management to capitulate and provide a breakdown of the results. CONGRATULATIONS Almost 90% of […] Read More »
Unions challenge penalty rates decision in Federal Court
The first round of cuts to Sunday penalty rates came into effect on July 1. While Labor is promising to overturn the Fair Work Commission’s decision if it wins the next election, the union movement […] Read More »
Cabinet leaks show massive increase in cost of powering Sydney Trains
Leaked NSW Government documents have revealed an 82 per cent increase in the cost of electricity to keep Sydney Trains running. The leaks show that in March, the Government was warned that power costs would rise to $65 […] Read More »
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