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Stop Work against O’Farrell’s IR laws: Thursday 8 September 2011 The Union’s State Committee of Management has resolved that all on-duty members as listed here below are to stop work for two hours tomorrow, 8 September 2011, in order to attend tomorrow’s public demonstrations against the O’Farrell Government’s IR laws and public sector wages policy.

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Commissioner Mullins yesterday issued two memoranda titled “Directions re Industrial Action”, one addressed to “FRNSW Directors” and the other to “All Staff”. Not surprisingly, both memos repeat the directions issued last Friday to all public sector agency managers by the O’Farrell Government.

Stop Work Action and Rally Against O’Farrell’s IR laws, Wednesday 15 June 2011 The Union’s State Committee of Management has resolved that all members listed here below are to stop work for two hours tomorrow, 15 June in order to attend tomorrow’s public demonstrations against the O’Farrell Government’s anti-worker IR laws.

O'Farrell's Laws Worse Than WorkChoices The O’Farrell Government’s draconian industrial relations legislation will be back before the Parliament next week, where it is expected to pass into law. This is the beginning of a new period of industrial turmoil for NSW public sector workers. Not only does this legislation lock in pay rises less than inflation, not only does it legislate to make the IRC a mouth piece of the government, it also enshrines the concept of “employee related cost offsets” in any future negotiations.

Relieving Bans to be lifted at (not before) 0800 Monday. The dispute over the Department’s decision to sack a firefighter under 12(1)b of the Regulations (the “no longer suitable” provision), that has been the cause of this week’s relieving bans, […]

Late this afternoon while the nation at large was watching the Melbourne Cup, the Professional Standards and Conduct Officer crept out, without notice, to hand deliver a letter from Commissioner Mullins notifying our member of his immediate termination. The Commissioner has sacked the member not due to disciplinary breaches, but because he is “no longer a suitable person to perform the functions of a firefighter.”

Further to the two Code Red notices issued Friday 20 August and Tuesday 24 August, when the Union accepted the IRC’s recommendation and lifted its administrative bans, today’s In Orders confirm that the Department has chosen to ignore the IRC’s recommendation to “take immediate action to withdraw the advertisements (with respect to the Wagga Wagga and Dubbo Inspector vacancies) as found in In Orders 2010/18 dated 20 August, 2010”.

As reported in last Friday’s Code Red, the Union listed a dispute with the IRC over the Department’s intention to allow Station Officers who have not completed the Inspectors Promotional Program (IPP) to fill Duty Commander positions in clear breach of both Clauses 7 and 13 of the Award. The dispute was heard by the IRC’s Commissioner Ritchie yesterday, 24 August.