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GO Wellington has been participating in negotiations to enter into a Collective Employment Agreement (CEA) with the Tramways and M&C unions.  Last week, the company and the unions reached an agreement on a proposal which was ratified by their members at a stop work meeting today.

Disruption to GO Wellington bus services - 7 October 2008

GO Wellington and the Tramways and the Manufacturing and Construction Workers unions reached an agreement on a proposal for a Collective Employment Agreement (CEA) at mediation on Thursday, 2 October.

Statement

In recent months, GO Wellington and the Tramways and M&C unions have been participating in negotiations to enter into a Collective Employment Agreement (CEA).  Discussions have been undertaken over four months since negotiations were initiated on 2 July.

The unions and GO Wellington today reached agreement on a proposed CEA.

Friday, 26 September

From 1 October, SuperGold card holders can take to the streets of Wellington and travel off-peak on the bus for free. 

Friday, 26 September

GO Wellington bus services have been restored to normal today, Friday, 26 September after the Tramways and M&C unions agreed to withdraw their notice of strike action and to return to the negotiating table. Further mediation is scheduled for next week.

UPDATE 5pm

Go Wellington bus services resume Friday, 26 September

GO Wellington and the Tramways and M&C unions are returning to the negotiating table on Friday, 26 September.

Wednesday, 24 September 4.30pm

No GO Wellington Bus Services
Thursday, 25 September
until further notice
 

The Tramways Union advised GO Wellington on Monday, 22 September that it intended to take industrial strike action during the peak morning commuter period, between the hours of 7.30am to 8.30am, starting Wednesday, 24 September and continuing until further notice.

Industrial action by the Tramways Union on Wednesday, 24 September will affect school bus services to the following schools.

The services are affected by industrial action affecting all GO Wellington bus services scheduled to depart between 7.30am and 8.30am from the Karori Terminus and the Wellington Railway Station.

There will be no GO Wellington bus services leaving from the Wellington Rail Station or from Karori Terminus between the hours of 7.30am and 8.30am on Wednesday, 24 September.  This includes 23 school buses.

The Tramways Union has advised GO Wellington that it intends to take strike action during this peak commuter period, and that this will continue until further notice.

On Monday, 22 September, the Wellington Tramways Union will conduct a stop work meeting between the hours of 10.30am and 2pm to ratify a new Collective Employment Agreement.

As a result, all GO Wellington services will be unavailable on Monday, 22 September between the hours of 10am and 2pm.

Due to a scheduled union stop work meeting, all GO Wellington routes will be unavailable on Wednesday, 3 September between the

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New Metlink train, bus and ferry fares, 1 September 2008

There are some Airport Flyer timetable changes effective from Monday 14 July 2008.

The changes affect the Monday to Friday services.

For a copy of the new timetable click here

Major delays to bus travel and severe crowding of peak hour trains are expected tomorrow (Friday 4 July) morning, due to the truck drivers’ protest.

Wellington motorway and CBD is expected to be gridlocked from 7am-10am.

On Friday 20 June bus services on Go Wellington routes will be disrupted between the hours of 1pm and 4pm.

It is with deep regret that staff and management of GO Wellington, and NZ Bus, learned of the death today of Phil Griffiths, the Secretary of the Wellington Branch of the New Zealand Tramways and Public Passenger Transport Authorities Employees’ Industrial Union of Workers.

Go Wellington today confirmed that the delivery of its new fleet of trolley buses is still on target to be completed by October 2009.

Recent media commentary of the public transport system creaking under the strain of increasing passenger numbers “couldn’t be further from the truth”, says Zane Fulljames, Southern Region General Manager for NZ Bus.

Go Wellington  today confirmed it is piloting new ticketing machines.

“We have for sometime, been searching for an innovative ticketing solution to make bus travel quicker, easier and simpler for our customers. ”says Bruce Emson, CEO of NZ Bus.

Minister of Transport Hon Annette King today unveiled the first of the new era trolley buses delivered to Wellington.