Visit the 
Visit the Update 14, Wednesday October 18
TIME TO GET REAL ABOUT A FAIR AGREEMENT
The Combined Rail Union delegates and representatives met with management on the 17th October to tell them to stop the games and get real on a good Agreement.
PROGRESS ON YOUR BIG ISSUES
| Our Issues | Rail Entities Response |
| Fair redeployment and redundancy rights contained in a legally enforceable document | · Agreement on a Deed containing those issues.
· No Agreement on the structure of the final Redundancy and Redeployment process and payments. |
| A flexibility clause (Clause 12) that provides an opportunity for additional bargaining where members want to undertake it and security where members do not | · No Agreement to delete the Station Staff, Cleaners and Fleet Maintenance groups from the provisions of Clause 12
· No final Agreement regarding Train Crew and Infrastructure to preserve the rights of union representatives in the process. Management continues to try to change the clause to allow them to take a proposal to employees without the agreement of union representatives. |
| A committee to help address issues with the contracting out of work to third parties | No Agreement on the information to be shared |
| Quicker, fairer and more transparent provisions for dealing with Disciplinary and Safety Investigations | Management will not commit to clear timetables and definitions |
| Payment of professional development costs and recognition of the professional engineer program | Management has not agreed to these claims |
| A pay offer that recognises and reward productivity gains delivered by the rail workforce over the last three years | Rail management continues to refuse to recognise the contributions made by the workforce to the growth in passenger numbers |
NEXT STEPS
Union delegates and representatives will meet with management next Tuesday (24th October) and Thursday (25th October) in a final effort to reach agreement on your claims for a fair Agreement that recognises and rewards the rail workforce.
Please distribute this bulletin throughout your workplace. If you have any questions or require more information, contact your Union.