Bus and Tram Express

Bus drivers in Newcastle are currently negotiating a new enterprise agreement.

Our drivers deserve fair wages and conditions, and local commuters deserve a quality bus system.

We need an enterprise agreement that delivers all of those things.

Wages for Newcastle’s bus drivers haven’t kept pace with the exorbitant cost of living pressures local families are facing. This enterprise agreement is our chance to change that.

Member notices

Newcastle industrial action update

Firstly, apologies for the confusion today. It became clear (for reasons we’ll explain below) that the company was not taking […] Read More »

Newcastle Buses EA update (14 April 2025)

Dear Members, Last week we finally saw what the RTBU considers the first proper bargaining meeting in line with what […] Read More »

What’s been happening so far?

What’s been happening so far? Well unfortunately, not a lot. After the RTBU sent a 30+ page Log of Claims to KDH, they’ve sat on it for about 2 months. Read More »

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