Members have voted YES to Aurizon Agreement
Members have voted YES to accept the Agreed in Principle Aurizon NSW Coal Operations Enterprise Agreement 2018. The result of the Ballot was as follows: From the 309 employees on the roll of eligible voters: […] Read More »
QUBE Enterprise Agreement Update
Members are advised that the second meeting was held with QUBE in relation to the Enterprise Agreement. The RTBU negotiating team sat down on Tuesday to further discuss the log of claims that was created […] Read More »
Bloomberg: Britain’s Rail Chaos Is Blamed on Government, Industry Mistakes
A meltdown of Britain’s train scheduling system that caused chaos for travelers over the summer months was caused by a lack of government and rail industry leadership, according to an official inquiry. The Department for […] Read More »
Clearance of Public Holidays with Rostered Annual Leave
Recently the Locomotive Division received reports of some members being denied the ability to clear accrued Public Holidays with their rostered annual leave; these reports led to the issuance of a Step 2 Dispute. This […] Read More »
BREAKING NEWS: RMC and Railtrain stopped in their tracks – RTBU members win Right To Be Union
RTBU members have secured a major victory at the Fair Work Commission against RMC Track and Civil and its parent company Railtrain. RMC scheduled a vote on a proposed non-Union enterprise agreement in the pre-dawn […] Read More »
Loco Membership Numbers Continue to Increase.
The Loco Division have been able to maintain and grow membership numbers over the previous 3 years in both the Freight and Passenger areas through various pro active organising elements and business requirements. One of […] Read More »
BREAKING: RMC and RailTrain stopped in their tracks – RTBU members win the Right to be Union
RTBU members have secured a major victory at the Fair Work Commission against RMC Track and Civil and its parent company Railtrain. RMC scheduled a vote on a proposed non-Union enterprise agreement in the pre-dawn […] Read More »
Retirement drinks for Ian Thompson (Thomo)
Click here to download the invitation to Ian Thompson’s retirement drinks on Saturday October 20th. Read More »
Carlingford Bowling Club Smoko – 13 Oct
Smoko to be held at Carlingford Bowling Club on Saturday 13 October from 11am. Presentations will be made to retired members Peter Marshall, Garry Holt, David Boyd & Stephen Picker. The event is free for […] Read More »
Statement in response to Hunter protests around coal trains
Statement in response to Hunter protests around coal trains from Alex Claassens, Secretary, Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) NSW: While we of course we completely respect the right to protest, and do so ourselves […] Read More »