A Christmas message from Chris and Gary
Welcome to the final edition of Bus Express for 2011. It has been a big year for everyone in the Bus and Tram Division. We took up our new positions as President and Secretary at an important time for members. With a change of State Government, and a new Award to negotiate, we had to […] Read More »
Bus drivers show support for NSW cops
Bus drivers showed solidarity with NSW cops this week by participating in a huge rally outside Parliament House to protest against cuts to Police Death and Disability protections. Read More »
Bus drivers vote overwhelmingly for a better deal
Bus drivers have voted overwhelming in favour of a 3.25 per cent annual pay rise from State Transit Authority (STA) after a ballot of drivers across all fourteen depots. The offer was put to drivers yesterday, and over 75% per cent of members voted to accept it – a barnstorming result! Read More »
Gas bus action vindicated
Last week bus drivers took a strong stand for workplace safety, after video footage came to light showing a dangerous explosion on a gas-powered STA bus in July. Because of your actions, STA was forced to finally start taking the issue seriously – after months of assuring drivers that everything was fine. Yesterday drivers were […] Read More »
Unions show support for drivers standing up for safety
Last night at a meeting at Unions NSW the Bus Division tabled a letter, explaining the action that drivers took this week to ensure their safety and the safety of passengers after video footage came to light showing a gas powered bus exploding near Port Botany. The letter stated that: “On Tuesday bus drivers took […] Read More »
Emerging pattern of cover-ups reveals where true bastardry lies
Action taken yesterday by bus drivers has finally forced STA to take the safety of drivers and the travelling public seriously. After a video, brought forward by a whistleblower member of the public, exposed just how dangerous the recent explosion of a gas-powered bus was, the Industrial Relations Commission ordered STA to report back on […] Read More »
Hot Topic
Gas buses withdrawn over safety fears STA bus drivers have today taken the unprecedented step of withdrawing 700 gas-powered buses from circulation due to serious concerns about driver and passenger safety. President of the Bus & Tram Division of the NSW Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) Gary Way said a union investigation of an […] Read More »
Record number of bus drivers attend public sector rally
Hundreds of Sydney and Newcastle bus drivers turned out at yesterday’s public sector rally in the Domain, providing a good illustration of the level of anger among workers at the O’Farrell Governments IR legislation. Read More »
Funding for public transport infrastructure ‘half the picture’
The State Budget contained funding for a number of bus and tram projects, but this investment will be wasted if there are not enough workers to run services. RTBU (NSW) Secretary Alex Claassens said 350 jobs were being cut to ‘back office’ staff in transport agencies, but the State Government had not announced any new […] Read More »
The Hot Topic
Rally against O’Farrell government’s IR laws scheduled for Sept 8 Thousands are expected to rally on Thursday September 8 to send a strong message to the NSW government that they will not accept its unfair industrial relations laws. The Sydney rally will be the last in a series held around the state demanding fairer wages […] Read More »
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