Pacific National
PN drivers win appeal
After a long hard fight the seven locomotive drivers represented by the RTBU NSW Locomotive Division have won an appeal against Pacific National (PN) after being made forcibly redundant in July 2015. Read the Newsflash […] 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 »
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 »
New shoes while you get the boot!
Amidst all the angst and hurt Pacific National are dishing out to employees through redundancy announcements, we recently found out PN’s HR team have been busy boasting to the corporate world of its “hot innovation […] Read More »
PN Service Delivery Transformation = Termination
Instead of consulting with you and your union, Pacific National consulted with their bean-counters and delivered a decision to terminate over 120 of its permanent workers. PN wants to replace these employees with casuals or with […] Read More »
ACCC responds to Aurizon and PN proposals to acquire GRail
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is assessing Aurizon and Pacific National’s competing proposals to acquire Glencore Coal’s rail business, Grail. The ACCC has released a combined Statement of Issues and is assessing their proposals against […] Read More »
Newsflash: Hunter Valley and Gunnedah Basin Coal News
After years of next to no progress on the long term issues of tunnels, crib breaks and relief points, the RTBU recently wrote to all the major players including Pacific National, Aurizon, Freightliner, ARTC, Hunter Valley […] Read More »
Newcastle Local Freight Meetings
Date: Thursday 13th October 2016 Venue: Carrington Bowling Club Pacific National: 10am-11.30am Aurizon: 12.00pm to 1.30pm Freightliner: 2pm to 3.30pm All members are welcome to attend their respective meetings. Meetings will cover general business and give […] 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 »
What PN didn’t tell you…
The latest Pacific National EA Bulletin is now out! Download your copy to read about where the EA bargaining is really up to, and what PN didn’t tell you in their latest correspondence. Download PN Enterprise Agreement Bulletin […] Read More »