Employee Opal Cards

For the last four and a half years the RTBU has been advocating for the return of our government employee Opal passes. While we succeeded in getting extensions to the passes of a year and a half longer for transferring employees during the last round of privatisation, it was never a result we stopped at.

We continued to lobby and fight behind the scenes with TfNSW and previous government Ministers to secure an entitlement that should rightfully be for all transport workers.

We can report that we are getting closer to that goal. The Bus Taskforce as well as direct lobbying with new Labor Ministers have given our efforts greater volume.

We will not stop until we get our passes back at the least, or all transport workers get them at best!