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Underpayment of a Sri Lankan truck driver by almost $9,000 highlights the ongoing problem of exploitation in the transport industry, the Transport Workers’ Union has warned. The union has called for reforms to stamp out exploitation, including additional right of entry and investigative powers for unions; training for migrants on...

Local residents and commuters in Melbourne’s western suburbs are set to benefit from a package of road upgrade and maintenance works that are predicted to cut travel times, improve road safety and better connect communities in key growth corridors. The Andrews Labor Government has called for Expressions of Interest for...

Rising assaults on Victorian bus drivers has reached the point where enough is enough, follow this link and sign the petition now calling on Public Transport Victoria to commit to the following: 1. Bus drivers duties no longer include requesting passengers touch on. 2. Finalisation of the TWU/BAV security barrier trial. This...

The tragic death of Brisbane bus driver Manmeet Sharma will be marked by a National Day of Respect for Public Transport Workers, to be held next Wednesday 9 November 2016. Join the RTBU and the TWU for the National Day of Respect at 11am on Wednesday 9 November to be...

TWU (Vic/Tas Branch) Secretary John Berger recently expressed his concern at the ever-increasing number of employers shedding full- and part-time staff for casuals and contractors they are placing on sham contracts. A sham contracting arrangement occurs when an employer attempts to disguise an employment relationship as an independent contracting arrangement...

The TWU have made much progress over many years driving up safety conditions across the bus industry, but while drivers are open to attack there is still work to be done. TWU members are strong and stick together and, as our ongoing campaign for bus driver safety intensifies, we again...

In a show of solidarity and support for slain Brisbane bus driver Manmeet Alisher, TWU (Vic/Tas Branch) bus driver members will join a general industry push for drivers to work throughout Wednesday 2 November with headlights on. TWU members drove buses today wearing black arm bands for the 29-year-old who was senselessly...

Manmeet Sharma, a 29-year-old Brisbane City Council bus driver, was killed on Friday morning after a passenger allegedly doused him with a flammable liquid and set him alight. On behalf of the TWU (Vic/Tas Branch) and all its members I wish to say that we are deeply saddened for this...

The TWU has welcomed the findings of an inquiry into Victoria’s unregulated labour hire market, particularly as they relate to workers in the transport industry. TWU (Vic/Tas Branch) Secretary John Berger said a number of the Union’s submissions and evidence to the Victorian Inquiry into the Labour Hire Industry and...