Update: Casuals/Part Timer Broken Dispute
The appeal lodged by STA against Justice Staff’s original decision, handed down on 6 December 2013, has now been concluded. The Union is now waiting on a decision from the Full Bench of the Industrial Relations Commission. This could take several months and members will be notified as soon as it is handed down. Read More »
Update: Part time broken shifts and casuals appeal
Members are advised that the appeal being heard by the full bench of the NSW Industrial Relations Commission, in relation to STA’s desire to make Part Time Broken shifts and use Casuals to cover absences in the first instance, is ongoing. The scheduled one-day appeal hearing that took place on 30 April 2014 was insufficient […] Read More »
STA dispute: drivers have their day in court
Drivers crowded the court at the Industrial Relations Commission on Thursday last week to hear the opening address from the Bus and Tram Division defending their working conditions from STA attack. Members will be vary aware of STA’s attempts to introduce casuals to work vacant shifts and part time, broken shifts to reduce overtime payments […] Read More »
The Hot Topic
Dollars and sense at STA Tell us what is REALLY going to make STA more efficient. All members will be aware that STA CEO Peter Rowley has done a tour of depots trying to convince drivers to accept changes to the Enterprise Agreement he negotiated with drivers not one year ago – all in the […] Read More »
Looking back on 2012…
A Christmas message from Chris and Gary We can hardly believe it but here we are at the final edition of Bus Express for 2012. This year has proved that we have to be ever vigilant when it comes to protecting our rights at work. We have seen the Government enact wholesale cuts and outsourcing […] Read More »
Taking action to protect workers exposed to Asbestos
State Transit management has agreed to implement a program of testing members employed at the organisation during the 80s and 90s for asbestos related diseases after learning about asbestos brakes used in this period. The union questioned State Transit about its planned response to the discovery, saying that it had to take responsibility for the […] Read More »
Bus drivers bring the Christmas spirit
It’s time of the year again when STA employees volunteer to spend many hours decking out buses at each depot with beautiful decorations, all in the name of bringing Christmas cheer to the travelling public. These thoughtful and energetic volunteers use a successful combination of skill, artistry and imagination to turn our buses into a […] Read More »
The Hot Topic
When good faith turns bad In 2011 the RTBU negotiated a new Enterprise Agreement with the State Transit Authority. Both parties came to the table in good faith to find an arrangement that would shape the next three years at STA. Both parties negotiated hard but in the end an agreement was put to members […] Read More »
Union rejects Award variation
The RTBU would like to assure members it has no intention of consenting to any Award variations following STA CEO Mr Peter Rowley’s article on bus driver reforms in the last edition of We’re Moving Sydney (formally Transit Times). It is disappointing that less than a year after negotiating their working conditions in good faith with State […] Read More »
DISPUTE : Certified Sick Leave
Your union is currently in dispute with State Transit over their continued practice of placing members who are in genuie need of sick leave and who have supplied doctors certificate on STA’s absent management program. Your union believes this practice contravenes the 2012 bus operator award and we are currently persuing this matter through the […] Read More »
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