EA
PN NSW Bulk EA: Fake Negotiations
Your negotiation team met with PN management again on Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 March. We had anticipated the actual negotiations would start this round of meetings after both sides had put their Part A […] Read More »
PN: Negotiations have finally commenced on a replacement EA
There have been three meetings to date with Pacific National management where the RTBU negotiating team has been strongly pressing your Log of Claims to the company. Negotiations are already proving difficult with little give […] Read More »
Sharp increase in EA terminations
Many of you will remember the 2015 RTBU case against Aurizon’s attempt to terminate the QLD Enterprise Agreement. Ultimately, the Fair Work Commission ruled in Aurizon’s favour, allowing the company to terminate a series of hard-fought […] Read More »
SSR Enterprise Agreement 2017
As members would be aware, Southern Shorthaul Railway Australia (SSR) issued a Notice of Representational Rights (NERR) in May 2016. The purpose of an NERR is to formally commence the bargaining process for a new […] Read More »
PN Enterprise Agreement talks start
Over the past two days your EA negotiating team met with Pacific National to hear from the management team and set the way forward for negotiations on a new combined NSW Enterprise Agreement. Read the […] Read More »
Fair Work Sets Date for PN EA’s Scope Coverage Hearing
Last Friday in a directions meeting with the Fair Work Commission, Pacific National and the RTBU failed to reach consensus on the two Scope Order applications that were before the commission. Pacific National had been […] Read More »
Newsflash: Southern Shorthaul Railway EA 2016
To members: The Southern Shorthaul Enterprise Agreement is nearly up for renewral and as such a survey was sent out to all members for their feed back and what changes they would like to see […] Read More »
ARTC NSW EA Vote Result Report
A vote of 486 Australian Rail Track Corporation employees on the Enterprise Agreement received a majority yes vote, by just 18 votes. Read the notice from Combined Unions. Read More »
Update on ARTC NSW EA negotiations
*** Note this dispute excludes train drivers*** Contrary to members’ request for ARTC to return to the negotiation table, they have instead embarked on a path of deceit along with the Federal Government in an […] Read More »
Aurizon bullying and harassment
There have been reports recently of Aurizon members feeling bullied and intimidated into breaching their conditions of employment. This isn’t acceptable. Read More »