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Wages Cap smashed – here’s some more detail
Yesterday it was confirmed that you smashed the NSW Government’s unfair ‘wages cap’. Read More »
Status of additional backpay
Over the past week, we’ve received many enquiries from members regarding the location of the additional backpay. Read More »
Wages Arbitration Completed
Dear Members Over the past two days, we’ve been engaged in a […] Read More »
Who’s really to blame for the set back on the EA vote?
Dear members In an unnecessarily provocative email this afternoon, Sydney Trains and […] Read More »
FWC interim decision – Govt’s attempts to stop actions rejected
Dear members, The Fair Work Commission has today rejected the NSW Government’s […] Read More »
An explainer for RTBU members
How did we get here?Sydney & NSW Trains Enterprise Bargaining 2021-2 & […] Read More »
Breaking news – RTBU beats NSW Government (again) in Fair Work Commission
Dear members, In breaking news – the RTBU has just won the […] Read More »
Bargaining Update following Fair Work Commission Decision
Dear members, Today we were back in the bargaining room following the […] Read More »
Meeting with Ministers and further industrial action
Dear members, This morning, we met with the Minister for Employee Relations, […] Read More »
Government given a two-week deadline on Infrastructure Claims
Dear members, Yesterday we met with senior management from Sydney Trains to […] Read More »
Campaign timeline
2023
Jan 18 The government confirmed the Mariyung fleet of trains have begun testing on tracks in Sydney ahead of their full introduction on services between Sydney and Newcastle, as well as the Blue Mountains and south coast.
2022
November 30 Transport for NSW confirms that the New Intercity Fleet (NIF) will not be in passenger service in 2020, with the trains expected to first run in early 2021.
June 29 Transport Minister David Elliott announced that the government had offered to make changes to the troubled intercity fleet at a cost of $264 million.
May 12 The New South Wales government threatens to terminate its industrial agreement with the state’s powerful rail union after long-running negotiations over a new enterprise agreement broke down on Thursday.
2021
March Three industrial commissioners ruled the government needed the union or workers’ agreement if it wanted to have “customer service guards” rather than regular guards on its new fleet under the rail enterprise agreement.
April The NSW transport minister says the state's new intercity train fleet will be operational within weeks - lol.
New intercity fleet train makes first test journey from Sydney to Katoomba
RTBU calls on NSW Premier to halt testing of $2b intercity train fleet after report flags safety concerns
May 7 NSW Trains and Transport for NSW attempt to sue their own workforce to try and force them to crew the unsafe NIF
Nov Transport blames COVID and travel bans for COVID delay, marking 18 month delay since the promised delivery date of trains
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