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TWU Gathers On The Retail Front

Mar 22, 2016

Coles has been a focus of the TWU’s road transport campaign promoting ‘Safe Rates’. The Transport Workers’ Union has lodged an application at the road safety watchdog to force major retailers to pay transport ...

Tags: TWU, Coles, Safe Rates, Retail front

Clash Looms Over Pay Between Truck Owners and Drivers

Mar 11, 2016

Against: NatRoad Australians should brace themselves for higher prices whilst owner-operator truckers are at risk of losing their livelihood ,if a new Order takes effect next month – with The National Road Transport Association ...

Tags: Natroad, Truck, Clash looms

ITF Has Launched The Global "Afe Rates and a Safe Industry -We're in, Are You?"

Aug 20, 2014

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) Congress in Sofia, Bulgaria, has launched the global “Safe Rates and a Safe Industry – We’re In, Are you?” campaign for Australian truck drivers in the ...

Tags: ITF, Safe, Service

Tony Sheldon Said Road Safety Is More Than Red Tape

May 30, 2014

File photo. Transport Workers’ Union national secretary Tony Sheldon said a recent court decision relating to the truck crash that killed two Western Australian men in 2011 serves as a reminder that road safety is more than red tape ...

Tags: Road Safety, Red Tape

Michael Kaine Said Many Petrol Tankers Were Literally 'Mobile Bombs'

Apr 29, 2014

A national tribunal is to consider minimum safety standards for Australian petrol tankers, after nationwide research revealed 1 in 4 tanker drivers were pressured to speed and 1 in 2 drivers reported inadequate brake inspections. ...

Tags: Service, logistics

There Is One Heavy Vehicle National Law Beginning on Monday 10 February

Feb 12, 2014

From Monday 10 February, there is one Heavy Vehicle National Law regulating trucks, buses and other heavy vehicles across most of Australia, with the aim of 'boosting efficiency and productivity in the transport industry.' Under the new ...

Tags: Heavy Vehicle National, Heavy Vehicle

Mrs Broadbent Releases The ATANSW Submission to The Review of The Road Safety System

Jan 23, 2014

Coles has been a focus of the TWU's road transport campaign promoting 'Safe Rates'. The Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal is significantly flawed and fails to understand the road transport industry, ATANSW manager Jodie Broadbent said. ...

Tags: Service, Logistics

The Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal Has Made Its First RSRO

Dec 18, 2013

The Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal has made its first road safety remuneration order (RSRO). The agency says the RSRO comes after extensive consultation with interested stakeholders in the road transport industry over the past 12 months. ...

Tags: transportation, safe rates, RSRO

Tony Sheldon Said Six Deaths in Two Days Was Evidence of The Pressure on Drivers

Nov 25, 2013

Transport Workers’ Union (TWU) national secretary Tony Sheldon said six truck crashes and six deaths in two days was evidence of the pressure on drivers to speed or skip rest breaks, to meet unrealistic deadlines. “Road ...

Tags: six, truck-related, death, two days

Plans Announced by The Coalition Ignore All of The Evidence Collected Over Twenty Years

May 10, 2013

Plans announced by the Coalition to review the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal in the event of winning September’s Federal election ignore all of the evidence collected over twenty years showing a direct relationship between pay and ...

Tags: Coalition, Coalition IR Policy

TWU Has Released What It Calls Alarming Evidence From a Survey of Over 950 Truck Drivers

Apr 12, 2013

The Transport Workers’ Union (TWU) has released what it calls alarming new evidence from a survey of more than 950 truck drivers across the country that graphically highlights the pressures in Australia’s most dangerous industry ...

Tags: Chain of Responsibility, TWU

The Decision of The Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal Is a Victory for Truckies

Dec 13, 2012

The decision of the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal to prioritise the retail sector in its first annual work programme is a victory for truckies, small business and the travelling public, said national secretary of the Transport ...

Tags: Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal, annual work programme, victory

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