AROUND THE TRAPS
Joe Dennis Organiser Recently I made the trip to Mildura and Swan Hill Stations to meet with and update our members of the progress on the V/Line Enterprise Agreement (EA). Members were happy to meet with me and discuss issues around the EA and it was great to visit our members in the further regional […]
ALSTOM BALLARAT WORKSHOPS
Luba Grigorovitch Branch Secretary The Alstom Ballarat Rail Workshops has been an integral part of the regional Ballarat community for over 100 years now and employs around 70 local workers at the site. For those of you that don’t know, the Alstom Ballarat workshops have been building and maintaining trains in Ballarat for over 100 […]
INFRASTRUCTURE, LABOUR HIRE AND ROLLINGSTOCK EA’S
Bryan Evans Organiser Metro Infrastructure Following several mass meetings held on Monday the 12 August, the RTBU is pleased to announce that members have endorsed an in-principle agreement for the Metro Infrastructure EA 2019. In a departure from tradition, the infrastructure agreement has been completed relatively on time and is scheduled to proceed to a […]
V/Line Operations EA Update
Joe Dennis & Darren Galea Organisers Negotiations for the V/Line Rail Operations Enterprise Agreement have officially begun with the Log of Claims (LOC) for both the RTBU and V/Line being exchanged at the first meeting. At a recent meeting of all V/Line Operations Delegates, further discussion occurred around the LOC and how bargaining will proceed […]
METRO OPERATIONS EA UPDATE
Luba Grigorovitch Branch Secretary RTBU EAs are in full swing with ground being broken. As members are aware, the RTBU notified Metro of work bans on the week of 12 August. Metro members in operational grades whipped into action. In light of mounting pressure, Metro threatened to dock members’ pay but this only further incited […]
ROUGH RIDING IN V/LINE
Darren Galea Organiser For some time now, there have been ongoing issues with rough riding on the V/Line network. The RTBU has received reports for over 110 rough riding incidents that have occurred in the North East region alone and there are over 100 other reports of incidents that have occurred across the other regions […]
MEMBERS VOTE 99% IN FAVOUR OF PROTECTED INDUSTRIAL ACTION
Luba Grigorovitch Branch Secretary The results are in for the Protected Industrial Action Ballot for Metro Trains Operations with a resounding yes of 99% from all members who participated. Members at Metro are sick and tired of being taken advantage of and they deserve a fair and reasonable deal. With 99% of members who voted […]