All members, retained and permanent, are required to attend a Union rally to protest against the NSW government policy of closing retained fire stations across the state. [Read more]

This coming Sunday 16^th of February is an international day of action against the coming war in Iraq. More than ten million people around the world are expected to march in protest. [Read more]

Members would be aware that Patrick Stevedores, backed by the Howard Government, yesterday sacked each and every one of its 1400 employees around the nation without notice. Why? Because they are members of a union who have defended their democratic right to organise and bargain collectively. [Read more]