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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 »
Union forces State Transit to install signage on slow bendy buses
STA has written to the RTBU committing to put signage in place on the inside and outside of buses by […] Read More »
Officials bring the sizzle to depots
Divisional Secretary Chris Preston and Divisional President Gary Way are currently on a tour of BBQ duty to introduce new Assistant […] Read More »
Executive steel for strong worker conditions
Once again the Steel City put on a fabulous day for the second meeting of the full Executive on 21 May 2012. The […] Read More »
Union stands strong against government attacks
The Tram and Bus Division Committee has unanimously passed a motion to support all RTBU members facing aggressive reforms from […] Read More »