CLARRIE O’SHEA CELEBRATION – 15 MAY
Luba Grigorovitch Branch Secretary This coming May marks an anniversary of monumental importance to the RTBU and indeed to our entire union movement. On the 15 May 1969, Clarrie Lyell O’Shea, Secretary of the Victorian Tramways and Motor Omnibus Employees’ Association (ATMOEA), entered a courtroom of the Commonwealth Industrial Court. O’Shea would be ordered to […]
V/LINE – AROUND THE TRAPS
Jeff Ford V/Line Delegate Once again V/Line were found again not following their own policies and procedures when it came to vacant positions and recruitment. There were staff in the conductors’ pool, however when a position came up they never received a phone call for an interview. Therefore, a formal dispute was put in because […]
AROUND THE TRAPS
Joe Dennis Organiser With the Metro Enterprise Agreement in full swing and the V/Line agreement about to begin, our office and Delegates are in for a busy time ahead. Delegates and Organisers continue to visit work places to update as many members as we can. As you can appreciate this is a huge task as […]