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Commonwealth Workers’ Compensation Explained
**Thanks to the RTBU’s legal firm, Carroll & O’Dea, for providing this article** The RTBU has a number of members covered under the Commonwealth Workers Compensation scheme (as opposed to the NSW compensation scheme). The […] Read More »
Watch Sally McManus speak at NexGen
Simple, but profound acts of saying no and experiencing the power of collective defiance changes lives, said ACTU Secretary Sally McManus in a recent speech well worth watching. You can also read her speech here Read More »
We can protect penalty rates if we work together
** From Australian Unions** You’ve probably seen the news – penalty rates for hospitality, retail and pharmacy workers could be slashed from July 1. The good news is we can do something about this if […] Read More »
Where are the results?
The voting for your Enterprise Agreement concluded at 5pm on Wednesday night. It was an electronic ballot which provide immediate results. The RTBU wants to know why Railtrain have not let the Members and Employees […] Read More »
Community stands strong with bus drivers to oppose privatisation
***The Loco Division continues to support our colleagues in the Bus Division. Here’s the latest update from Bus Express*** The community of the Inner West has demonstrated its strong support for bus drivers through its […] Read More »
Privatisation: lessons from the electricity sector
If voters knew what they know now about the price and reliability of gas and electricity in particular, would they agree to their sale? Read more in the Sydney Morning Herald Read More »
Labor won’t give up penalty rates fight
Labor and the Greens insist they will keep fighting to overturn a decision to scale back some weekend penalty rates despite losing a vote in parliament. Read more Read More »
Are they hiding something?
As you are all aware, the voting for the proposed Agreement closed at 5pm AEST yesterday. For some reason, Railtrain is holding out on providing us the result. We have called and written to them […] Read More »
New suburban trains on their way but NSW budget lacks new transport commitments
The NSW Budget confirms the Government will spend $658 million this year on the 24 new suburban trains they announced last June, with the first trains arriving late next year and their delivery to be […] Read More »
Alt-unionism and the latest from NZ: The Transport Worker
Another great issue of the RMTU publication The Transport Worker is now out! Download your copy to read about all the latest from our comrades in New Zealand. There’s also an interesting article explaining ‘Alt-unionism’ […] Read More »
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