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Unions must fight new workers’ compensation laws
Following catastrophic changes to workers’ compensation laws the Tram and Bus Division of the RTBU would support a statewide stoppage […] Read More »
Know Your Rights: Annual Leave
With Brett Peters… Annual Leave 55 55.5 Any employee who has completed at least one year’s service, who is regularly […] Read More »
New OHS training available soon
New training will soon be available for Health and Safety Representatives (HSR) at STA following changes to Occupational Health and Safety […] Read More »
Driver makes right moves after bus safety alerts fail
A driver acted to ensure no further risk was taken to his passengers’ safety when the bus he was driving […] Read More »
Unions unite against work cover cuts
Workers from across the state turned out in the thousands on Wednesday to protest against the O’Farrell Government’s attack on […] Read More »
Know Your Rights: Sign on and off allowances
With Brett Peters… Table 4. Sign on and off allowances b) Broken Shifts First sign off bus to shed – […] Read More »
Wynyard Transit Shop closure has drivers seeing red
The closure of the Transit Shop inside Wynyard station, just off Carrington Street is causing chaos for drivers in the […] Read More »
Union will fight to keep buses in public hands
Following news reports in the Sun Herald on Sunday 3 June that the state government could hand government buses to the […] Read More »
The Hot Topic
Let’s make sure we are ready After the Kingsgrove BBQ the RTBU recently held, we received a great letter from […] Read More »
Know Your Rights: Bereavement Leave
With Brett Peters… 62.1 An employee is entitled to up to 2 days paid leave on each occasion if a […] Read More »