Federal Court case filed against unlawful deductions for PIA
14 January 2025 Dear Members, In breaking news, we’ve just filed and served our case in the Federal Court to reclaim money, penalties, and damages for the illegal withholding of member’s wages […] Read more
Update on the fight against Sydney Trains’ unlawful withholding of pay
8 January 2025 Dear members, Late last week, the RTBU issued Sydney Trains with a letter of demand over the unlawful pay deductions imposed on members who participated in protected industrial action. […] Read more
New industrial actions from tomorrow
27 December 2024 Dear Members, We have some new actions kicking off tomorrow (28 December) at 0001hrs. The new actions are: These actions will remain in place only until 2359hrs on 29 […] Read more
Sydney Trains’ lies and buyer’s remorse
26 December 2024 Dear Members, Just when you thought Sydney Trains could not stoop any lower, we see them coming out with blatant lies in an attempt to mislead members. On Tuesday, […] Read more
Clearing up media misinformation on our FWC win
24 December 2024 Dear Members, By now you would have seen multiple reports in the media on the outcome of this morning, as well as a somewhat misleading email from Sydney and […] Read more
Update for members on status of Industrial Action pending the 424 Court case
23 December 2024 Dear Members, It would come as no surprise to those who have been following along, but the depths to which the NSW Government is willing to stoop to quash […] Read more
Lockout notices in response to our reducing KMs ban – what to do about them
22 December 2024 Dear Members, This morning, all Train Crew members received notices under s.471 of the Fair Work Act regarding the reduction in kilometres ban, which is scheduled to resume tomorrow. The effect […] Read more
Huge win in Federal Court – Industrial Action to recommence immediately
19 December 2024 Dear members, By now, you would have no doubt heard that we won today in the Federal Court. The Government’s case was never strong, but you never know in […] Read more
Update on negotiations (or lack thereof) in our Sydney/NSW Trains bargain
17 December 2024 Dear members, It’s hard to write a single email to you all with everything that’s happening. Yesterday, the Government stepped up its attacks against us, and every Australian worker […] Read more
Federal Court case update – the NSW Labor Government is trying to destroy the bargaining system
16 December 2024 Dear members, Despite entering government with a mandate to better engage with its public sector workforce and preaching the benefits of interest based bargaining, the NSW Labor government relied […] Read more
Protected Action Ballot commences tomorrow
12 December 2024 Dear members, It’s been a tough week, after the Labor Government aggressively attacked our union through dubious legal arguments. However, we have managed to hit back, with the Federal […] Read more
Interim Restraining Order notification
8 December 2024: 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 […] Read more