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As members would be aware our current permanent firefighters Award will expire on February 23rd 2008 (the retained Award expires 31st March 2008). Under NSW law all of our wages and conditions will remain in place until a new Award […]

The State Committee of Management has today resolved to call an urgent stop work of permanent members effective at 1100 hours today to hear a report on the current wage negotiations. All permanent members in the GSA other than those […]

When it comes to submitting medical certificates, and to your medical records generally, members are advised as follows:

A Station Officer recently contacted the Union after he was directed to seek approval from his Inspector before he paid meal allowance claims. Whilst this is not a common occurrence, it is worth reminding members, and more to the point the Department, […]

The Union has an agreement with the Department that Layflat firefighting hose suspected of being contaminated with asbestos fibres is to be destroyed as there is no certainty that traditional hose cleaning methods can remove the risks to firefighters health. […]

With the US economy on the way to a recession and interest rates in Australia on the way up again, the Union has written to the Minister for Emergency Services asking that the NSW government not cut our wages. On […]

A Station Officer recently contacted the Union after he was directed to seek approval from his Inspector before he paid meal allowance claims. Whilst this is not a common occurrence, it is worth reminding members, and more to the point […]

The Union Office will close for its annual Christmas/New Year break at 1200 hours today, Friday 21 December and resume operations on Wednesday 2 January 2007. Members requiring assistance over this time should contact an on-shift State Committee official (see […]

Well you’re about to. That’s because the new award negotiations between the Union and the Department have started and it is clear that they are far from being fair and reasonable. At the outset the Department has been hamstrung by the New South Wales Government’s new wages policy which restricts annual wage rises to 2.5%, unless there are employee related savings. With inflation going the way it is a 2.5% wage rise will amount to a wage cut.