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:

• 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.