Interim Restraining Order notification
Dear members, delegates, and officers employed by Sydney Trains and NSW Trains, and employees of the RTBU in New South Wales, This evening, the Federal Court of Australia granted an Interim Restraining […] Read more
Federal Court Interim Restraining Order
Click here to see the Interim Restraining Order issued by the Federal Court on 8 December 2024. Read more
Update on Federal Court Ruling – All Industrial Action Temporarily Off
This evening, RTBU and CRU Officials appeared in the Federal Court of Australia in response to an application by the NSW Government to cancel our industrial action—both current and planned—through an opportunistic […] Read more
Important Update – NSW Government Escalates Action, Derailing Bargaining
This morning, CRU Officials were contacted by Sydney Trains’ lawyers with a demand to withdraw all industrial action – both current and planned – by 2 PM today. Failing this, the employers […] Read more
Reminder: don’t believe everything you read in the media
3 December 2024 Dear Members, There have been a number of claims in the media over the course of the last couple of days about our industrial action and enterprise agreement negotiation. […] Read more
Sydney and NSW Trains – bargaining update
Today we kicked off the agreed process of engaging directly with Treasury and the Premier’s Department on the quantum of our pay rise. We also continued bargaining on the remainder of our […] Read more
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