TWU News is your union journal posted to all financial members of the TWU. In the latest edition, Winter 2008 TWU National and NSW Secretary Tony Sheldon discusses the growth of the TWU:
The Transport Workers Union of New South Wales has increased the numbers of new members joining our Union by 42.7% up to April compared with the same time last year.
All members, activists, delegates and officials should be proud of the hard work that they have done in 2008 to achieve this great result.
This allows the TWU to remain strong so that we can continue the fight to secure better wages and conditions for employees and owner drivers and improve safety within the transport industry.
Recently, questions have been raised about the TWU’s receipt of NSW Government grants for safety initiatives. Any money received from the Government was spent to lift safety standards in heavy vehicle transport, an industry that has far too many fatalities each year.
Last year, two TWU delegates were recognised for their OH&S achievements at the Australian Safety and Compensation Council’s annual Safe Work Australia Awards. Robert Petrovski, from TNT Express at Mascot and Ron Christianson, from Toll Ipec are just two of many examples of TWU members trying to improve the safety standards in our industry.
The transport industry continues to face many challenges heading into the future and for that reason we need to remain strong and united.
The TWU will pursue a system of safe fair wages for employees and owner drivers including national chain of responsibility laws. This year we will fight for new agreements in the bus industry, and to protect all milk workers at Dairy Farmers. We will also fight to ensure security is not threatened by non-unionised labour hire in negotiating new agreements at Qantas and Virgin.
While we continue to fight together we can secure better wages and conditions, as well as improve safety, for everyone right across the transport industry.
Other articles in the Winter 2008 edition include:
A Great Opportunity for the Rudd Government
The award modernisation process is a chance for the Rudd Government to stand by Australian transport families and other road users.
Our New Industrial Relations System:
A Proposal for Transport Workers
Last year Australians spoke resoundingly against the unfair and extreme WorkChoices laws. These laws stripped away critical conditions of employment including safety and rates of pay.
Qantas Baggage Handlers Take Action
Qantas baggage handlers recently launched a campaign for Qantas management to implement a 20 kg checked weight limit. Baggage handlers are completely frustrated at the lack of action from management to prevent serious back, neck and shoulder injuries.
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