Message from RTBU National Secretary Mark Diamond

On Tuesday 24th December we lost one of our own in a terrible incident.

During the early hours of Christmas Eve, two freight trains collided in the Avon Valley. Tragically, a Pacific National driver was killed.  The names of the driver has not yet been publicly released.

National Secretary Mark Diamond addressed the RTBU National Dinner in Old Parliament House, Canberra, on Wednesday 27 November 2019.  This is the text of his speech.

The Rail, Tram and Bus Union is shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Australian Services Union (ASU) National Secretary David Smith.

RTBU Members and supporters will again attempt to hand 3,000 signed anti-privatisation postcards over to South Australian Premier Steven Marshall today (Sunday 17 November).

3,000 signed postcards opposing the privatisation of South Australia’s passenger trains and trams will be delivered to Premier Steven Marshall at Parliament House TODAY (Wednesday, 13 November, 2019).

The RTBU National Executive today appointed Mark Diamond as the Union’s new National Secretary, following the resignation of Bob Nanva.

The cuts to public transport keep coming as the Marshall Government ‘fattens the cow’ ready for impending privatisation.

Footy fans will be able to blow the whistle on the Marshall Government’s privatisation agenda, with workers planning to distribute thousands of ‘Our Trains and Trams, Not for Sale’ postcards outside the SANFL Grand Final.