Members at Metro Trains Sydney Build a union and win a union Enterprise Agreement In just over a year Frontline and Engineering Control Staff have built a union at MTS basically from scratch. When our first delegate Campbell Arundel started to talk to staff about the upcoming EA negotiations the RTBU had less than 20 members! Campbell said “the need for representation was there and it was obvious we weren’t going to get improvements from the company just by asking.” Campbell is now joined by 5 other RTBU Delegates and more than 120 members. Members campaigned for and successfully won:
Jake Tagg , Ben Roberts , Matt Heming at the Fair Work Commission after the RTBU applied for a Protection Action Ballot.
• A 3 year Agreement with 4 percent (backdated for 12 months), 4 percent and 3 percent • Two days additional Sick Leave • 20 Paid Domestic Violence Leave • Improved Parental Leave • Workplace Trainer Allowance • Rostering Principles and Committees • A Redundancy Agreement And importantly Union Rights and Delegate Training Leave. A huge welcome to one of our newest RTBU workplaces.
Delegates Matt Heming , Karen Rigg and Rebeka Watene at the RTBU office for EA drafting
Jake Tagg also after graduation- Jake has designed a colour coded recruitment map to help him and fellow delegates keep track of membership.
Original Delegate Campbell Arundel
Jake Tagg , Ben Roberts, Matt Heming
Karen Rigg after graduating from RTBU Delegate Training
RAIL & ROAD September 2023
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