Campaigns

The RTBU is a campaigning union which has been involved in numerous campaigns to defend and extend people’s rights at work and their democratic rights in the community for more than a century. The direct involvement of members in all industrial and community campaigns is one of the fundamental reason why the RTBU has been so successful in improving the working conditions and lives of our members and their families.

The RTBU’s campaigning techniques are based on a combination of learning from our history as a industry union while incorporating new and emerging campaigning techniques into the way in which we operate.

The RTBU campaigns in order to:

• identify strategic leverage opportunities in order to exert pressure on relevant organisations and individuals to achieve the attainment of RTBU goals;
• develop meaningful links with relevant community organisations to gain support for the goals of the RTBU and its members;
• provide educational opportunities to organisers, delegates and workplace activists; and
• build union power in workplaces by ensuring industrial goals reflect the defence and promotion of Your Rights at Work.

Below are the campaigns the RTBU is currently working on:

Our Transport

http://www.ourtransport.org.au/

Our Transport is a network of commuters whose daily lives depend on decent public transport.

At a time when governments are privatising services and cutting costs, we are speaking out in support of our transport services and the workers who deliver them.