24 hour trains this weekend – shutdown averted
This afternoon the Government caved and agreed to provide 24 hour trains this weekend averting the disastrous shut down that the media have been playing up all week. This last minute call […] Read more
Meeting with the Minister and Premier – no progress yet
This afternoon – after she made multiple media appearances in the morning – we met with the Transport Minster along with her staff, the Transport Secretary, and Sydney Trains Chief Executive Matt […] Read more
Correcting Government misinformation on our action
20 November 2024 Dear Members, As things continue to move fast, we’ll of course make every effort to update you at every step. To correct some misinformation the Government has been putting […] Read more
Government position on our 24 hour action
This afternoon the NSW Government finally drew a line in the sand. The Transport Minister delivered a message to the commuters of NSW that they would no longer tolerate the running of […] Read more
Government “ultimatum” refused
18 November 2024 Dear Members, This morning, the government issued us an “ultimatum” to drop our actions or… well there was no “or.” It was less of an ultimatum, more a request […] Read more
24-hour train running action update
15 November 2024 Dear Members, Last night, Sydney Trains royally stuffed up their first chance to run a 24-hour service across the Sydney metropolitan network. They did schedule services for the entire […] Read more
Infrastructure Division – Enterprise Bargaining Update
14 November 2024 Dear Members, Our Infrastructure Division Enterprise Bargaining delegates have been prosecuting claims for months now, with some key claims already agreed too. Currently, we are focussing on the priority […] Read more
Sydney Trains and NSW Trains bargaining update: 24 hour train services this weekend!
Today we continued bargaining with Sydney Trains and NSW Trains. The day was slow again, but there were some productive conversations had around areas where the rail entities are particularly inefficient. This […] Read more
A concerning lack of urgency in bargaining
7 November 2024 Dear Members, This week we continued bargaining with Sydney Trains and NSW Trains prosecuting members’ important claims on conditions. The claims and conditions we spoke about are as follows: […] Read more
Important win for Cleaners at Sydney Trains – Multi Enterprise Agreement
6 November 2024 Dear Members, As you may recall, a few weeks ago we secured a commitment from the NSW Government to support our application to the FWC for a multi enterprise […] Read more
New round of industrial action notified as bargaining slows
5 November 2024 Dear Members, Although there were some important gains made during the intensive bargaining period, the progress has significantly slowed and it seems that either management have run out of […] Read more
All Member Update Online Meeting
31 October 2024 Dear Members, As per the meeting schedule sent out late last week, tomorrow at 1100hrs we are holding a Teams meeting to provide everyone with an update from the […] Read more