Dec 23, 2024

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 

Dec 22, 2024

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 

Dec 19, 2024

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 

Dec 17, 2024

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 

Dec 16, 2024

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 

Dec 12, 2024

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 

Dec 10, 2024

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 

Dec 10, 2024

A clear path for continued action

Despite maintained efforts by the NSW Government (directly) to scuttle our right to exercise our lawful workplace right to take industrial action, today they suffered two setbacks. This morning, we were back […] Read more 

Dec 8, 2024

Federal Court Interim Restraining Order

Click here to see the Interim Restraining Order issued by the Federal Court on 8 December 2024. Read more 

Dec 8, 2024

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 

Dec 8, 2024

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 

Dec 3, 2024

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 

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