Luba Grigorovitch can stop every tram in Melbourne

The 34-year-old unionist has done it before, and she's threatening to do it again.

Luba Grigorovitch, state secretary of the blokey Rail, Tram and Bus Union: "There's nothing like a union election. It's brutal. There are basically no rules." Eamon Gallagher

Myriam RobinSenior writer

Aug 2, 2019 – 11.28am

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Two weeks before members of Melbourne's Rail, Tram and Bus Union voted to go on strike in pursuit of their demand for a 6 per cent a year wage rise, I met their leader.

In a city where unions loom large, few unionists are as instantly recognisable as Luba Grigorovitch.

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Myriam RobinSenior writerMyriam Robin is a senior writer based in the Melbourne newsroom. She has previously been a Rear Window columnist and editor, and before that reported on financial markets and media.