Region 6 Bargaining update – 24 HOUR STRIKE ACTION
The next bargaining meeting has been moved until the 19th April due to scheduling conflicts. The RTBU and TWU requested for delegates from both unions to be released for a joint all day meeting this week. The last time we had delegates and officials from both unions together discussions were positive, and we were able to agree on a unified position for a couple of our claims, which makes bargaining easier because it turns two positions into one.
Unfortunately, the company refused this request just as they refuse to have anyone at the bargaining table who knows ANYTHING about buses.
Now the NSW government is trying to wash its hands of responsibility for bus drivers altogether and we have to remind them everything that TSA has done to drivers has been because the government has let them. THEY”RE the ones that threw public and private conditions together both in Region 6 and in the bus industry as a whole and THEY’RE the ones who can fix it.
We can’t sit back and let the NSW Government create situations where you have workers doing exactly the same job on different rates of pay and conditions, no matter if it’s in Region 6 or other parts of NSW.
Bus drivers who do the exact same work should not be segmented by a privatised network and we’ve been taken for granted for too long.
It’s time for us to stand up again!
On Monday 11th April we’re striking for 24 hours from midnight Monday morning till midnight Tuesday morning along with drivers from across Sydney.
We all know that the only people we can rely on is ourselves as drivers – COME AND SEE HOW THAT LOOKS WHEN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF US TOGETHER!!!