Light Rail News Newcastle

After the Controller EA (Greenfield) was essentially rolled over with minimal RTBU involvement, drivers have taken a different approach and it’s definitely looking to deliver a better outcome to have the Union fighting for you!

The last proposal by the Keolis Downer was voted down by drivers and the RTBU has been pushing for more concessions from the company.

We’re not sure how much they have to give but members are motivated and keen to have concrete improvements locked in place.

Transdev

The RTBU has just begun the process of merging two existing Enterprise Agreements and including coverage for the new Parramatta Light Rail into a single EA. This will be a complex exercise but the workforce is looking forward to plugging up some of the long term gaps in both Agreements.

We’ve had a couple meetings as a group with all workplace reps and individually to allow each group of employees concerns to be clearly heard by Transdev.

The company has said from the beginning that they will have a gap in pay structure between the three lines to reflect the various complexities, if we can’t get rid of it then our job is to make that gap as small as possible.

Members can expect more of a presence from officials once the office move is done, and we can confirm we are looking for an organiser with a rail background to properly service our Light Rail membership going forward.