ABUSIVE CALLS AND GERMY PHONES – A NORMAL DAY FOR PTV CALL CENTRE MEMBERS

Cathy Birch Organiser For our members working at V/Line and Metro, you may not be aware that we have members at many other organisations – Probe, Transclean, Public Transport Victoria (PTV), VicTrack, Wilson Security and Bombardier to name a few. The RTBU has been running a safety campaign which raises the profile of staff being […]

RISK ASSESSMENT FOR CONDUCTORS ON TRAINS

Darren Galea Organiser For some time now, the RTBU has been campaigning for better safety for railway workers. We know that front line rail workers receive abuse whether it be physical or verbal, on a daily basis. This is not okay which is why the RTBU has begun a campaign to introduce tougher legislation for […]

GEMCO MEMBERS UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSE NEW AGREEMENT

Luba Grigorovitch   Branch Secretary The Gemco Rail Enterprise Agreement (EA) currently covers members at Dynon and Altona workshops and horrifyingly expired back in December 2016. Historically, members at Gemco Rail had not enjoyed the benefits of an industry standard agreement, experiencing lower redundancy provisions, high levels of casualisation, lagging payrates and no entitlements to bonus […]