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In-principle agreement reached on Aurizon EA
An in-principle agreement on the new enterprise agreement has now been reached with Aurizon. Read More »
NZ Rail and Maritime Transport Union takes KiwiRail to court over working conditions
After a Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment investigation found that Chinese engineers working on KiwiRail’s imported locomotives at the Hutt Workshops were probably not covered under New Zealand employment law, the New Zealand Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) will now test that finding in the courts. Read More »
BREAKING NEWS: Job loss at Pacific National
Pacific National has just announced that it is about to cut 44 jobs from across the Bulk and Coal areas of the business. Read More »
QUBE EA almost within reach…
Negotiations for a new QUBE enterprise agreement are drawing nearer to a close, however there still a small number of outstanding issues yet to be resolved. Read More »
Keep your mates in mind: awards and conditions
Some unfortunate reports have surfaced recently of workers in some areas taking it upon themselves to undertake duties which are not within their position description as drivers, and are outside of the relevant drivers awards. Read More »
Freightliner Intermodal negotiations kick off
Negotiations for a new enterprise agreement at Freightliner kicked off this week with the first meeting between the union and management being used to present the parties’ log of claims. Read More »
Shift Manager, Operations, NSW Trains
NSW Trains has recently created and advertised for the position of a […] Read More »
Shift manager training dispute
Concerns around shift managers being trained to detect train faults and failures […] Read More »
Mortdale route knowledge training
The long-running dispute over the training of drivers at Mortdale has finally been resolved. Read More »
Shift manager training dispute
The Loco Division recently received information of a plan to have Sydney Trains Shift Managers “up-skilled” in train faults and failures. Read More »