This is a monumental, world-first achievement that has involved thousands of members and decades of work. We would not be here without transport workers taking action towards a safer, fairer, more sustainable industry.
This legislation will ensure:
- A POWERFUL VOICE FOR TRANSPORT
- DEADLY PRESSURES ARE ADDRESSED
- JOB SECURITY FOR ALL
- ALL ROAD TRANSPORT WORKERS ARE COVERED
A TWO- DECADE CAMPAIGN
Through convoys, vigils, protests, sit-ins, lobbying, protected industrial action, member petitions, inquiries, international solidarity and more, members have fought relentlessly for a better road transport industry for over 20 years.
We protested for supply chain safety at Coles and Woolworths, and eventually the two retail giants signed charters with us – but we need all wealthy clients held to account and this legislation will do that.
Now reform has passed, we will be working just as hard to put decent standards in place as we did to get the legislation over the line.
We’ll be reconvening industry discussions to make standards applications when the new laws come into effect in August.
Our job as transport workers is now to turn our attention back to clients like Aldi, who think they can shirk their responsibilities to safety in transport