Hot air in Paris
KiwiRail is currently considering downgrading its fleet on the North Island Main Trunk Line from an electric fleet to a diesel-powered one. While the rest of the world is transitioning to clean energy, KiwiRail is considering a downgrade.
Read More →Media release: Rail and Maritime Transport Union – Auckland move for KiwiRail health and safety team questioned
The Rail and Maritime Transport Union is questioning a KiwiRail proposal to progressively relocate its Zero Harm personnel from Wellington to Auckland.
Read More →RMTU: Greater use of grade separation on rail crossings needed
RMTU: Greater use of grade separation on rail crossings needed
Read More →Taskforce must serve as blueprint for health and safety
“Members of our union work in a dangerous industry. They want to know that their workmates are free to return home safe and well at the end of their day.”
Read More →RMTU: Employment law changes tilting the balance strongly toward employers
“Minister of Labour Simon Bridges is being a bit cute with his language over this. To say workers are ‘forced’ into these conditions for the first 30 days is disingenuous.”
Read More →RMTU: Nationwide events for Workers Memorial Day on Sunday
Rail and port workers hold events to mark Workers Memorial Day every year, and this year the memorial service at KiwiRail’s Lower Hutt workshops will also feature the launch of a new book by Hazel Armstrong: Your life for the job: New Zealand rail safety 1974 – 2000
Read More →When will Government start putting NZ economy first?
It seems Hobbits and aluminium are in, but rail engineering is definitely out.
Read More →KiwiRail TranzCoastal Suspension ‘Misguided and Shortsighted’ Says Rail Union
Today’s announcement that KiwiRail will suspend its Christchurch-Picton passenger service, the TranzCoastal, over the winter months is both shortsighted and misguided, says the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU).
Read More →Procurement policy not just about a fair shake of the stick
Press Release From RMTU
Read More →When workers never come home – why safety standards are no joke
” It is outrageous that in the year 2000 the rail industry was the subject of a Ministerial Inquiry into health and safety with five deaths within seven months and 22 serious accidents between the years 1993 and 2000. There is no question that during those dark days the law, the regulator and the employer failed rail workers and their families.”
Read More →The reality of working life
“I don’t know about you, but I haven’t seen a lot of accountability. The rogues who played fast and loose with credit and other dodgy instruments haven’t paid, there’s been no curtailment in fat bonus cheques – despite poor financial results.”
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