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COVID-vulnerable workers need support to stay safe
Workers with chronic health conditions and other risk factors in COVID19 affected areas should not be forced to choose between their incomes or their safety, Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) National Secretary Mark Diamond said today.
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Corey Wingard must seize the day
New Transport Minister Cory Wingard must seize the day and abandon Stephan Knoll’s dodgy and dangerous rail privatisation agenda.
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Marshall must stop privatisation to restore trust in his battered Government
Steven Marshall’s battered and scandal-prone government must prove that it’s prepared to put the people of South Australia first if it is to regain the community’s trust.
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Speirs lights fire under enterprise negotiations for SA train workers
South Australian Sustainability, Environment and Conservation Minister David Speirs has thrown a match under the State Government’s upcoming pay deal with rail workers by framing the Enterprise Agreement negotiations as a de facto referendum on public transport privatisation.
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Transport NOW Bulletin July 2020
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Read More >Letter to SA Environment Minister David Speirs MP
Last weekend South Australian Minister for the Environment David Spears MP falsely claimed that 92 per cent of South Australian train and tram drivers support the privatisation process. The RTBU has written to him seeking a retraction and an apology. Here is the letter that we sent to Mr Speirs, which was also copied to SA Premier Steven Marshall MP.
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Two out of three is still bad: Marshall must ditch privatisation as well
The Marshall Government’s decision to junk its controversial plans to close down over 1,000 bus stops and close down Service SA centres at Prospect, Modbury and Mitcham is a huge win for South Australian communities.
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SA Tram workers secure 3-year job guarantee, but campaign to save services will continue
It’s just one week until Adelaide’s tram network will officially be run by a private operator, with the transition to a private operator on Sunday 5 July.
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TransWA workers to come back into public sector
While Coalition State Governments are continuing with their privatisation agenda, it’s a different story over in Western Australia.
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Morrison must deliver on latest Inland Rail promise
The Federal Government has announced that it will ‘fast track’ approvals for the inland Rail project as part of a post-pandemic infrastructure package.
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