5 November 2021
Dear Members,
Yesterday we entered day 6 of the intensive negotiation period with Sydney Trains and NSW Trains. We spent the day hearing responses to our claims about:
- Uniform issues (including the wearing of shorts)
- The staff review process
- Rostering
- Rail Emergency Response Unit (RERU) claims
- Network Incident Manager (NIM) claims
- Line Information Controllers (LIC) claims
- Signallers and Area Controllers claims
- Station Staff claims
Disappointingly, like day 5, most of our claims on the agenda for yesterday’s meeting were rejected by Sydney Trains and NSW Trains management outright. However, the following items received full or partial agreement with a commitment to iron out the detail:
- All employees will be allowed to wear shorts to work (subject to WHS requirements and consultation).
- Employees will be allowed to wear badges of external campaigns or organisations (including union badges).
- RERU rosters will be developed by RERU members.
- NSW Trains to create a Transfer Register on the same basis as the one operated by Sydney Trains.
Sydney Trains also made a commitment to have a dedicated part of this bargaining period to address complex rostering issues in an effort to properly respond to our various claims around rostering. Your delegates will hold Sydney Trains to account to make sure these claims are taken seriously.
In unity,
RTBU NSW
Issued & authorised by Alex Claassens, Secretary, Rail, Tram and Bus Union – NSW Branch
Level 4, 321 Pitt Street,
Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: (02) 92642511
Fax: (02) 92611342
nswho@rtbu-nsw.asn.au
www.rtbu-nsw.asn.au
Section 29.9 Easter Public Holiday Saturday fixed so everyone gets it. Last year and every year prior, numerous colleagues did not have this paid to them. It is a Gazetted public holiday, but our rosters are made so we do get this.
29.9. The following Employees are entitled to public holidays gazetted as occurring on a Saturday in accordance with the provisions already outlined in this clause:
(a) Train crew who are performing duties consistent with their callings.
(b) Employees whose ordinary hours provide for 5 or less Shifts each week and who are rostered to work part of their ordinary hours commencing on at least one Saturday in the pay period during which the holiday falls.
(c) Employees whose ordinary hours provide for more than 5 Shifts in either week of the pay period in which the holiday falls.
(d) Employees who perform work on a Saturday public holiday shall be paid Saturday penalty as well as the public holiday penalty subject to a maximum payment of double time for any part of the Saturday as is worked.