Welcome to the web site for the Rail, Tram and Bus Union Queensland Branch. The RTBU covers employees of Queensland Rail, Brisbane City Council, PNQ, Transfield, QRX, Cairns Kuranda steam-trains and more.
Members and supporters can find out more about Queensland's principal union for public transport and for the rail industry.  | |
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| | RTBU move successful
The RTBU has relocated to a new head office in Brisbane’s CBD. Kay Howarth of the RTBU administration team believes the new location is crucial to the growth of our Union. | |
| RTBU call for hero to be recognised
RTBU Central Queensland Organiser Craig Allen has called for Dennis Phillip’s bravery to be recognised, following Tuesday’s truck and train collision near Proserpine. | |
| Unions recommend QR remains a single enterprise
The Joint Rail Unions have recommended that QR remains a single enterprise in a report delivered to Minister for Transport, John Mickel.
This opposes QR’s plans to restructure the company into 6 different business units. | |
| End of QR as we know it
The Queensland Rail Board recently made a decision to divide QR into several separate government owned companies. This was done without informing any unions. | |
| Your Rights at Work – still worth fighting for
The most amazing thing about the Your Rights At Work (YRAW) campaign was the energy it created amongst the union movement and the community at large. | |
| Labour Day 2008
The RTBU joined an estimated 25, 000 people at this year's Labour Day march in Brisbane's CBD. RTBU's mission statement, WorkChoices - Still Worth Fighting For, did not go unheard. | |
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