URGENT SAFETY CONCERN: DEFIBRILLATORS AT STATIONS by Victor Moore
On 17 July, a distressing incident unfolded when a Station Staff Member was injured whilst using a defibrillator at Glen Waverly Station. While trying to provide CPR first aid, the staff member received a jolt from the automatic defibrillator device, which threw them backward. Following the incident, a meeting was organised with Metro management, Station […]
FRANKSTON SIGNAL BOX by Sally van Bragt
On the morning of Friday 21 July, the RTBU was made aware by members of the partial structure collapse of the Frankston Signal Box. RTBU organisers and HSRs attended the signal box on the day to sight the damage for themselves and were shocked to find out Metro had failed to notify WorkSafe as they […]
RTBU DEFEATS V/LINE’S “CASUALISATION BY STEALTH”
The RTBU recently initiated a dispute with V/Line over workers’ ability to access their paid sick leave entitlement. We were informed by members that V/Line employees were being denied access to their accrued sick leave benefit should they call in sick. We know this was happening when part timers were working rostered shifts in excess […]
VALE SPIROS KONDILIS by Darren Galea
The RTBU was deeply shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden passing of Spiros Kondilis. Spiros joined the RTBU as a junior station assistant at Caulfield Station for MetRail in 1987. Working the Stations throughout the 90s, Sprios witnessed the amalgamation of Rail Tram and Bus Union and the privatisation of public transport before […]
SAFETY INSPECTIONS DEMONSTRATE THE NEED FOR MORE by Joe Dennis
Following the recent and much needed upgrade of Greensborough train station as part of the Southern Program Alliance (SPA) I received a number of calls regarding safety concerns. The day after Metro management had a conducted a walk-through and opened the station to the public, what I found when I attended site was far from […]
RTBU OWNED TRAINING ORGANISATION by Vik Sharma
As all of you would be aware, training organisations in our industry often deliver sub-standard training. The RTBU has long been concerned with the safety implications that arise as a result of poor practice by such organisations, and now, we are setting out to fix that problem. On 1 August, the RTBU acquired Training Ahead […]
