Role of RBTU in Australia

Running Head: Role of RBTU in Australia 1
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Executive summary:
In this assignment, role of Rail, Tram, and Bus Union in Australia is discussed in a vivid
manner. Collaborative bargaining and co-determination based model are also provided here. It
will generate an interest about industrial relationships, union regulations and other norms of
Australia among all readers. Some recommendations are also included in this assignment to
provide some way for betterment of activities of RTBU. Lots of information are collected from
enormous primary and secondary sources of information. Further study is highly crucial to make
some bold steps against low wage culture for Australian labors.

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Table of contents
Introduction:...............................................................................................................................................4
Role of Rail, bus, tram union (RTBU) in Australia.........................................................................................4
The effectiveness of RBTU:..........................................................................................................................5
Betterment of the future activities of RBTU:...............................................................................................6
Relevant theories on the roles of union and their behavior:.......................................................................8
Collective bargaining theory:..................................................................................................................8
Co-determination based model:.............................................................................................................10
The implications of the union’s role:.........................................................................................................11
Conclusion:................................................................................................................................................12
References:................................................................................................................................................13

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Introduction:
In this assignment, the significant role of Australian Rail, Tram, and Bus Union (RTBU) is
discussed in the light of Collective bargaining Theory and Co-determination based model of unions.
Some significant roles of RTBU are discussed here in the context of labor wages growth-related issues in
Australia. In this aspect, the NSW project is also highlighted here. RTBU, the largest labor union forever,
formed in 1993, is now comprised of 35000 members across rail, bus, tram transportation system. RTBU
is also affiliated by ACTU, the highest authority for International Transport Workers Federation along
with their 5 million workers in more than 100 countries in the world. In this assignment, their roles,
negotiation power and their implications in mitigating some significant labor-related issues in Australia
are discussed in an informative way. All of these discussions are presented in the following part.
Role of Rail, bus, tram union (RTBU) in Australia
In Australia, Rail, Bus, Tram union (RBTU) plays a crucial role in maintaining the
equilibrium between employers of Australia and their capital distribution system. In this aspect,
RBTU is a regulatory body in Australia in the field of Industrial regulation in Australia. Critical
roles of RBTU include providing support to the employees to raise voice against their every kind
of issues, negotiation problem, deprivation from their salaries and other issues. In Australia,
RBTU has acted as an Industrial regulatory pendulum with their activities of the multi-dynamic
facet. RBTU has also taken part in the managerial policy and Human resource management to
resolve employee management related issues. Employees always get the advocacy of RBTU in all
of their crucial period. Along with all of these, RBTU is the authority to ensure every kind of
employee obligations. According to Fair Work Ombudsman of Australia, RBTU has another
crucial role to detect all kinds of suspicious breaches in the field of workplace-related laws;
Discrimination based laws, and workplace safety law.
Rail, Bus, Tram Union of Australia is prudently efficient in the organizational negotiation
process, which is called Bargaining about industrial agreements. In this negotiation or bargaining
process, Union acts as the intermediate regulatory body to look after the advantages of employees
during the formation of the organizational agreement without making any kinds of breaches of
Industrials legal rules and regulations. In this entire scenario, Union acts as the bargaining
representative in good faith. RBTU has the role to inform both of the employees and employers