V/LINE OPERATIONS MEMBERS ENDORSE INDUSTRIAL ACTION by Vik Sharma
Your RTBU bargaining team has continued to meet with V/Line to continue pushing our critical claims for the V/Line Rail Operations Enterprise Agreement. V/Line have continued to refuse claims that would deliver job security, wage security and clauses that ensure a fair process for all. Voting for industrial action delivered strong results showing that […]
METRO TUNNEL TRAINING DISPUTE by Victor Moore
The RTBU has consistently raised the issues around career progression and the lack of training for station staff across Metro and with the new tunnel positions now coming into fruition it appears as though some of the chickens are coming home to roost. In late October the RTBU advised Metro management of a dispute over […]
CARGO PANTS HIGHLIGHT LOCAL INCONSISTENCY AND POOR PROCESS AT V/LINE by Sally van Bragt
A V/Line Customer Service Manager at Geelong Station has unfairly targeted conductors wearing cargo pants. Despite similarities with pants made available to drivers, V/Line has argued that cargo pants do not constitute V/Line uniform. But the way the issue has been approached has been a far cry from professional. When five Geelong conductors chose to […]
Next Stop Industrial Action by Vik Sharma
V/Line members covered by the Operations EA will soon vote in a ballot to take industrial action. As management fail to progress negotiations and tackle core claims including job security, safety and equality, and fair wages and conditions, members will now be asked to vote for stoppages to exercise the pressure required to achieve an […]
Vale Frank Lacey
Frank Lacey, former State President of the Victorian ARU, an official at the RTBU National Office, and a leader of the Melbourne Yard Shunters Section of the ARU, has died in Preston, aged 76. Former ARU/RTBU National Secretary, Roger Jowett writes: Vale Frank Lacey Frank passed away peacefully at Preston on November 7 at the […]
VALE BRETT JACKSON
9 February 1975 – 17 September 2023 Brett Jackson was a well-respected and deeply loved Conductor, based at Bendigo. He was a staunch and loyal RTBU member through his 14 years in the industry. Brett passed away after a hard-fought battle with Cancer. Brett was the dearly loved husband of Laura and exceptional father to […]
United we are strong! by Vik Sharma
A Win For Unity – Disamalgamation Update The Fair Work Commission has now handed down its decision on the application for de-merger filed by the Locomotive Division of the RTBU. Acknowledging that the RTBU has no record of non-compliance, the full bench of the Fair Work Commission decided there were no grounds to approve the application […]
Reflecting on Reconciliation
Australians have made their voices heard on the proposal put forward by our indigenous brothers and sisters to establish an advisory body to the federal parliament. While the question was defeated, discussion and debate has pushed the national discourse to recognise from all sides that more should be done to support our indigenous community. What […]
