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Welcome to the Rail and Maritime Transport Union Online

The RMTU is a union for transport workers in which all members have equal rights, whatever their job.

With rapid change, and increasing competition in the transport industry it is important that workers are protected by a strong, well-resourced union, specialising in all aspects of the transport industry; rail, road and ports.

The structure of the RMTU gives you the opportunity to be fully involved in a democratic union as collective decisions are made which may affect your job and conditions of employment.

You have the opportunity to elect your workplace union representative (delegate), as well as branch and national union representatives. You have a voice at all levels of the RMTU.

Latest Media Releases

Steve Gurney diversion sends wrong message on rail safety

Media Release: Rail & Maritime Transport Union

Friday 27 January, 2012

Public understanding about the serious consequences of poor driving at level crossings is not helped by police diversion being offered for collisions involving careless driving, rail workers say.

Athlete Steve Gurney’s car crashed with a passenger train on a level crossing near Rangiora in September last year. 

He pleaded guilty to careless driving and was yesterday offered diversion.

Rail and Maritime Transport Union General Secretary Wayne Butson said Gurney was wrong last year to label the incident a simple mistake.

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New Zealand Transport 2012

Conference 11-12 April 2012, Wellington

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Click here for RMTU member registration

Rail Safety Case Documents

Click Here To Access The Page With Links To These Documents

Campaign


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Click here to go to the "Save Hillside Workshops" Facebook Page

Annual International Forum 2011

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ACC Futures

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Click here for more information on this Wellington Event

Click here for the Union Plus site

Click here for the Fairness@Work site

 

The New Zealand Locomotive Engineer's
Sickness, Accident and Death Benefit Fund:

A new advertisement for the LE SAD Fund that can be downloaded, printed and posted on noticeboards for LE's Click here to download the poster and Download application form


Campaigns

Save Our Rail : Northland

Kia ora to everyone in the Rail and Maritime Transport Union

Just to let you know, Save Our Rail Northland's new web-site is: http://www.saveourrailnorthland.org.nz
We'll be adding to the site as things develop, so keep checking in to see where we're at.
Thanks.

Alan Preston
Tel (09)4315389

Also

Save the Gisborne Napier Rail Line

Click here to go to Facebook page

Can we stand by and let strategic assets be sold off? No - tell the Government it's -

Labour's Campaign to save Auckland assets - click on the "NOT YOURS TO SELL" logo above for the website where you can join the campaign and take action!

Workers for Kiwi Made

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Books & DVD's of Interest

BLACKBALL 2008

A commemoration of the 1908 miners’ strike on DVD

Review by Dean Parker - click here

To purchase a copy - click here

 

Samuel Duncan Parnell - A Legacy

The 8 Hour Day, Labour Day and Time Off

For more information including Foreward by Helen Kelly - click here

Campaigns

 

Click here for more on this campaign

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Greens Campaign -

FAST TRACK THE CBD

RAIL LOOP

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International Solidarity

ITF Piracy petiton

The ITF have begun a global petition calling on governments worldwide to take concrete action to end piracy.

Almost every day seafarers are kidnapped and risk injury and death.
Every day seafarers’ families suffer worry and uncertainty.
And there is a growing risk of disruption to world trade.

The ITF want to persuade governments to commit the resources needed to end piracy, to this end the ITF aim to deliver at least half a million signatures by World Maritime Day on 23rd of September.

Download ITF Piracy Petition letter

Download ITF Piracy Petition

 

 

 

 

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