LATEST TWU CAMPAIGNS & EVENTS




Safe rates: Crosses for Lives lost s industry cries for help

Posted in: SAFE RATES
A display of crosses was erected in Newcastle's Hunter Street as part of the TWU's campaign for safe rates.

Safe Rates A Step Closer

Posted in: TWU NEWS, SAFE RATES
The Transport Workers Union (TWU) has today welcomed the announcement by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Industrial Relations, Julia Gillard, saying the government will work with the Australian Road Transport Industrial Organisation (ARTIO) and the TWU to formulate legislation for safe rates for truck drivers.

TWU Safe Rates Campaign Continues in Martin Place

Posted in: TWU NEWS, SAFE RATES
The Transport Workers Union today placed 287 crosses in Martin Place near to mark the 287 deaths from truck crashes that occurred on Australian Roads in the last 12 months.

DRIVE FOR SAFE RATES REACHES CANBERRA

Posted in: NATIONAL NEWS, SAFE RATES
The Transport Workers Union has rolled into Canberra after a 2000 kilometre trip through regional NSW from Brisbane, highlighting the importance of a National system of safe rates for truck drivers.

NSW TRUCKIES TAKE THE FIGHT ON SAFETY TO CANBERRA

Posted in: TWU NEWS, SAFE RATES
Illawarra truck drivers handed a report on safety and rates of pay in the transport industry to Federal Member for Cunningham, Sharon Bird, and asked it to be delivered to Canberra as part of a national campaign from the Transport Workers Union.