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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.

BUSINESS CASE FOR BUILDING ROLLING STOCK IN NEW ZEALAND

We’re all agreed on the need to create and retain jobs for NZ workers. Now here’s a very direct way we can.

KiwiRail needs to spend $500 million on new trains for Auckland.

The expertise and equipment needed to undertake this work exists in New Zealand rail workshops in Dunedin and Lower Hutt. New Zealand is competitive internationally in this work.

Click here for full details and to download the petition

Press Releases:

KiwiRail must honour local involvement pledge

Media Release: Rail and Maritime Transport Union

Monday July 19, 2010

 

Rail workers say KiwiRail must honour the local content provisions it put in tender documents for the construction of Auckland’s new electric multiple units.

KiwiRail announced late on Friday that they had reached a short list of four potential suppliers to build the trains, following an expression of interest process in May.

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Fire at will extension compromises workers’ safety – rail union

Media Release: Rail and Maritime Transport Union

Friday July 16, 2010

Extensions to the law that makes it easier for employers to sack workers will put the health and safety of more workers at risk, a transport union is warning.

“Workers in dangerous industries like rail need to have the confidence that they can raise health and safety matters without fear of repercussion,” Rail and Maritime Transport Union General Secretary Wayne Butson said.

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Kiwi Jobs Bill will help stem loss of manufacturing

Media Release: Rail and Maritime Transport Union

Wednesday July 14, 2010

 

The Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) says stronger local procurement requirements are needed to stop more manufacturing work going overseas, and the union is supporting Clare Curran’s Bill to help achieve this.

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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


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to download the petition

Click here for "Dimming down night classes on Youtube"

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Click here for more on this campaign


Click here for more on this campaign

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

Click here for more details

Click here for the Fairness@Work site

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

Greens Campaign -

FAST TRACK THE CBD

RAIL LOOP

Click here for full details

 

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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