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Big Pay Boost for Our Bus Drivers THE TWUWHEEL PRINT POST APPROVED – 602669 - 00431 www.twuwa.org Summer 2008 Official publication of the Transport Workers Union (WA Branch) ☎ 1800 657 477 Some of the happy troops at Path Transit’s Morley depot Big pay boost for our bus drivers In 1996 Richard Court’s Liberal many of their government perks and government privatised Perth’s It’s amazing what a working conditions. metropolitan bus service and in the process turned bus driving from a bit of unity will do The TWU – who until then had no good job into a bad one. bus drivers as members – was asked to pick up the pieces and put them Transit or Southern Coast Transit. The drivers either went to work for together again. The now defunct Perth Bus got into private bus companies or they found the act a few years later. other jobs. Restoring an army of Humpty Dumpty’s would have been easier – it The drivers were paid between Those who stuck with the buses has been a long and often frustratng $10.80 and $12.00 per hour and lost signed on at Swan Transit, Path task. FULL STORY INSIDE First cases go before Owner-Driver’s Tribunal TWU member claims he is owed $34,000 by two hirers TWU STATE SECRETARY JIM McGIVERON Reports Word is quickly spreading around that owner-drivers can now take complaints against hirers to a special tribunal. During November, the Road Freight Industry Tribunal heard its first cases. One of them involved eight truck operators who contract to Independent Grocers of Australia (IGA). The drivers appointed the TWU as their bargaining agent and two of our officials represented them before the Tribunal. The first part of the process is a conciliation hearing and this was Graeme Smith is conducted by the Deputy President demanding payment in full of the WA Industrial Commission, Ms Jennifer Smith. The owner-drivers were in dispute with IGA over several matters including: Mr Smith is a long-term TWU member and has appointed us to represent him. • IGA’s insistence that they form If there is no a company, for IGA to deal with, In the first case Mr Smith is claiming rather than dealing with them as he is owed $15,000 by Mr James Stewart written contract individuals. who runs Golden Hiabs in Karratha. The work was carried out in August 2008. • IGA’s contention that their contracts payments must be could be terminated with just one Under the owner-drivers laws, if there month’s notice. is no written contract, payments must made within 14 days be made WITHIN 14 DAYS. (30 days if At the hearing, IGA – through their there is a written contract) lawyers – backed away on the one This is for work carried out in month’s notice issue. On the day of the hearing Golden Hiabs rang Mr Stewart and offered to September and October They conceded they would not be pay $7,000 in full settlement. Mr Borich failed to turn up at the first able to terminate the owner drivers Mr Smith rejected this offer and hearing and Tribunal staff were trying to contracts until they ran out – in just over track him down as we went to press. two years time. the hearing went ahead. However no settlement could be reached. The eventual outcomes of these two Overall the hearing was very helpful The matter will now go to a formal cases will be published on our website to our members and they came away at www.twuwa.org and in the next very happy with the proceedings. hearing where a binding decision will be made. edition of The Wheel. Two other cases, which were recently Owner-drivers who would like to taken to the Tribunal by road-train Mr Smith is also chasing $19,000 he says is owed to him by Mr Matt Borich lodge a complaint with the Tribunal can operator Mr Graeme Smith, are also do so through the TWU. very interesting. of Truck and Transport Solutions based in Karratha. Call 1800 657 477 for more information. The Wheel - Summer 2008 Page 1 Big Win for our Bus drivers More than 300 bus-drivers joined the TWU during the campaign and this gave us the strength needed to fight for better wages -says JiM Mcgiveron It’s amazing what a bit of unity will do. In 1996 Richard Court’s Liberal Even if the index averages 4% over As the boss of one of the bus firms government privatised Perth’s the next two years the top rate at all said, “I never thought you would do it metropolitan bus service and in the three bus firms will rise to more than$25 and I take my hat off to you.” process turned bus driving from a good per hour. Our success has been aided and job into a bad one. When overtime rates, shift loadings, abetted by a lot of people and their The drivers either went to work for etc come into play drivers are likely to be contribution must be noted. private bus companies or they found hundreds of dollars per week better. Thanks to those bus drivers who other jobs. The TWU’s campaign for better pay stuck with us through thick and thin, Those who stuck with the buses for bus drivers has been an undisputable even though – at some depots – you signed on at Swan Transit, Path Transit success. have been part of a minority. or Southern Coast Transit. The now • Thanks to our staunch delegates defunct Perth Bus got into the act who stood strong at the forefront a few years later. • Thanks to the 300 or so The drivers were paid between drivers who joined us this year $10.80 and $12.00 per hour and and lifted us to majority strength lost many of their government in most depots. perks and working conditions. • Thanks to Eric Ripper and The TWU – who until then had Alannah MacTiernan who agreed no bus drivers as members – to the pay deal only to lose the was asked to pick up the pieces election a week later. and put them together again. • Thanks to the bus firms and Restoring an army of Humpty the Public Transport Authority for Dumpty’s would have been backing us up. easier – it has been a long and • And thanks to new transport often arduous task. minister Simon OBrien and the But late this year we took a newly elected Barnett government giant step forward in turning the for honouring the deal done with bad job back into a good job. their predecessors. A recently negotiated pay deal But most importantly, thanks will immediately place Perth’s to all those drivers who were bus drivers amongst the highest prepared to fight for a better deal, paid in Australia. They may even even if it meant walking out the become the best paid. gate. Between now and July 2010 Strike action was always a they will receive seven pay last resort but it was also always rises. an option we were prepared to These will include three extra take. Thankfully we didn’t have increases of one dollar per hour to and not one member lost a PLUS two increases each year single cent in the process. based on the WA Average Wage Lastly, a special thanks from Index. me to Kevin Starr, Paul Aslan Lately that index has been and Mick Knowles who helped averaging just over 6% per year. Andrew Popielnicki votes on the new run the campaign. deal at Path Transit’s Wangarra depot Page 2 The Wheel - Summer 2008 The Skywest pilots are well represented by Jan Muenkel, Pablo Casali, Brenley White and Richard Hurd. Skywest pilots reject trade-off proposals Pay talks got off to a bad start at Skywest employ about 100 pilots and Skywest Airlines with the company They can go and wash a majority are in the union. By early next demanding trade-offs in return for paltry year, when things start happening, we rate rises. their mouths out with soap hope to reach maximum strength. Trade-offs is bad language as far as says RICK BURTON We will then be in a very strong we are concerned and we almost told position to press for a better deal than the Skywest negotiators to go and wash Our claim is for 17% over three years Skywest are offering. their mouths out with soap. – not 9% with trade-offs. In return for three 3% increases It now looks like we’ll be heading over three years they want to a major down the same path taken by National Fred’s doctor re-arrangement of pilot rosters that are Jet Systems pilots last year. more favourable to the airline. Fred’s doctor referred It took the threat of industrial action him to a urologist. The new rosters would require pilots to get NJS to start taking their pilots to do more hours for no more pay. No issues seriously. To his surprise, the urologist way Jose. was a female, beautiful amd If there is no change in the attitude unbelievably sexy looking. She After the Ansett crash in 2001 of Skywest the TWU will certainly be told Fred that he has to stop Skywest employees took significant pay recommending an application be made masturbating. cuts to keep the the airline flying. for Protected Industrial Action. With our current agreement due to Stoppages are well and truly on the Fred asked her why. expire at the end of December we were cards She said, ‘Because I am planning on a bit of catch up.
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