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TWU NEWSTRANSPORT WORKERS’ UNION OF NSWNSWTRANSPUNIOS‘ERTORWORKNISSUE 95 SUMMER 2019TWUNSWIS 2020 READY!ALDIACTIONSTOPPINGJETSTAR2020Same Job,Same Pay,Same Fight

2020Same Job,Same Pay,Same FightCONTENTS2020: A brighter new year2Membership matters34Lifting industry standardsGetting ready for 20205Sydney Sub-branch News6Jetstar actions72020: The power for change is inmembers’ hands8-91oTaking action at JetstarAldi it is time to come onboard for safety11TWU legal team: strengthin action for TWU members12Embarrassing backflip forToll management13142020 in the Bus IndustryDelegate profile: Greg Tsolakis 15WORKPLACE POSTER:16-17The TWU 2020 fightWaste industry updates18HSR training1920Your MSCLegal wins22South Coast & SouthernSub-branch News25Newcastle & NorthernSub-branch News26ACT Sub-branch News27NATIONAL UPDATE:Are you 2020 ready?28VETERANS:TWU Veteran Keith McGuckin29Become a memberof the 1888 Club29You said it on Facebook30Kids’ corner31CONTACTSEditorial:Colin Henderson 02 8610 ca Hopkins 02 8610 8042Rebecca.Hopkins@twunsw.org.au22 John Hines Avenue, Minchinbury 2770Print Post Approved 1000081762 TWUNEWS SUMMER 2019A BRIGHTER NEW YEARThe TWU’s Christmas wish for our members is that 2020 will bring usall closer to fairness, safe rates of pay, and a safe industry for all.As we get together with family and friends for the holidays, weacknowledge the many among our members gearing up to make ourholiday season run smoothly and happily.The driver bringing Christmas cheer to local stores. The aviationworkers, the bus drivers and the taxi drivers bringing familiestogether on time.The cash-in-transit crews keeping cash in the ATMs for Christmas andNew Year spending. The garbos clearing up the streets after presentsare opened and feasts are eaten - not to mention the new year cleanup! The paramedics keeping the ACT safe. The oil and gas driverskeeping everything moving.Without transport workers, Christmas and the New Year would grindto a halt.State Secretary Richard Olsen, State President Tony Matthews and themembers of the Branch Committee of Management wish you and yourfamily all the very best for this Christmas season, and the happiest ofNew Years for 2020.FACEBOOK.COM/TWUNSWTWUNSW.ORG.AU

2020Same Job,Same Pay,Same FightMEMBERSHIPFor over 130 years the Transport Workers’ Union of NSWhas been giving transport workers and their familiesa voice. Your power to improve your yard and yourcommunity comes directly from your membership.NSW and ACT Members walking side by side in 2019 have: Delivered union enterprise agreements in hundreds of yards across NSW andthe ACT, improving and locking in job security, safer working conditions andbetter pay for transport workers.Maintained our pressure on the top of supply chains to help lift safety,conditions and wages across the transport industry with our variouscampaigns.Run hundreds of legal cases, involving unfair dismissals, disputes, workerscompensation issues, underpayment claims, owner driver contract disputesand industrial action. The TWU has helped recover hundreds of thousands ofdollars for members in unpaid wages.Delivered first-class health and safety and workplace rights training toworkplace leaders, to build safer, stronger TWU yards.Maintained our Journey Insurance for all financial members, so that you areprotected when travelling to and from work.TWUNSW.ORG.AUNNMEMBERSHIPRENEWAL SUPPORTSYOU AND THE WORKOF THE TWUStatement Member badges will bedelivered separately - Contact Members’Services on 1800 729 909 if you haveany questions. WTRANSPUNIOWORKSlTORS‘ERIf you are listed as afinancial member of theTWU at time of publication,then your 2020 TransportWorkers’ Union of NSWmembership badge isincluded in this edition ofthe TWU News.FACEBOOK.COM/TWUNSWWe congratulate you on standing with tensof thousands of transport workers acrossAustralia to be part of Australia’s strongestUnion. Your fees are dedicated to providingyou and your workmates a powerful voice.Membership rates will increase by 0.42cents a week, applicable from January1 for 2020 memberships. The TWU willuse this to cover the increased costsand challenges we are facing together.Multiplied across our membership itmeans we can build our fight for safer,fairer and more secure jobs for transportworkers.If you have any questions regarding yourfees or membership, or perhaps you needto update your direct debit, credit card orbank account details please contact theTWU NSW Members’ Service Centre onweekdays between 8:00am and 4:00pmon 1800 729 909.Your membership matters.Transport workers like you keep thiscountry moving.Richard Olsen,State SecretaryTWUNEWS SUMMER 2019 3

2020PRESIDENT’SPAGETony Matthews TWU PresidentSame Job,Same Pay,Same FightLIFTING INDUSTRY STANDARDSNOTHING CHANGES FOR THE TWU,no matter what legislation is in place weare prepared and ready to do what weneed to do for our members.IF YOU AREA DODGYEMPLOYER OR ACLIENT PLACINGTOO MUCHPRESSURE ONTHE TRANSPORTINDUSTRY, THENWE ARE COMINGTO GET YOU . WEWILL SEE THATYOU ARE HELD TOACCOUNT.If you are a dodgy employer or a clientplacing too much pressure on thetransport industry, then we are comingto get you. We will see that you are heldto account, we will see that you takeon your shared responsibility for a saferand fairer transport industry.We are in yards making sure that thetransport industry is paying workersfairly for a fair day’s work. We arehunting down the employers who preyon the vulnerable workers, the casualstudent worker or the visa holder, thosewho are most often exploited. We aretaking on the gig economy becausewe know it will expand from the bikeriders to trucks. Heineken in Germanyis already moving beer via Uber Freight.We know that Daniel Mookhey inNSW and Tony Sheldon in the federalparliament will continue to watch thisissue.Across the industry, wage theft isdiabolical, and the fines to prevent thisfrom occurring are inadequate. I am stillmystified that road deaths are still onthe climb. There are still companies that4 TWUNEWS SUMMER 2019are not coming to the table to ensuretheir supply chain is safe.We are stepping up the fight foraccountability in the industry and wenote that organisations like NatRoadand the ATA are finally beginning tounderstand that the industry needs totake their share of the responsibility.There is always a benefit to beingpart of the TWU. Our 2020 plan isbuilding strength. We have a big yearcoming where we are making claimson the industry to ensure that the ideaof the same job for the same pay isFACEBOOK.COM/TWUNSWthe same fight.We must ensure that all who work intransport are not being exploited. Jobsmean the bills get paid and we mustmake sure that members come homesafely.Your involvement in the 2020 fightmeans we will lift the standards for allwho work in our industry.All the very best to all members thisfestive season.Tony MatthewsTWU PresidentTWUNSW.ORG.AU

DRIVINGFORWARD2020GETTING READY FOR 2020Same Job,Same Pay,Same FightRichard Olsen TWU SecretaryWE HAVE CONTINUEDTHE FIGHT ACROSSNSW, TAKING A STANDENSURING MEMBERSARE PAID THE SAME PAYFOR THE SAME JOB.IT IS THE END OF A STRONG YEARfor the TWU in NSW, my thanks andappreciation for the ongoing supportyou show your union. We are strongerfor the work you do to support andbuild up members.We have ensured safer workplacesthrough development and training ofmembers as Health and Safety Reps.They are taking up strong conversationswith managers to ensure everyone getshome safely.For the past five years the TWU hasbeen working on its 2020 plan. Over200 enterprise agreements impacting38,000 workers across the transportindustry have been aligned to expire in2020.We have stood tall against dodgybosses a

JETSTAR. 2 TWUNEWS SUMMER 2019 FACEBOO.COM/TWUNSW TWUNSW.ORG.AU 2020 Same Job, Same Pay, Same Fight CONTENTS CONTACTS Editorial: Colin Henderson 02 8610 8080 colin.henderson@twunsw.org.au Advertising: Rebecca Hopkins 02 8610 8042 Rebecca.Hopkins@twunsw.org.