News

Uk: Blair Takes On The Fbu

October 22, 2002

By picking a fight with the FBU, Blair has opened a dangerous front By George Galloway The Guardian, Tuesday October 22, 2002

Rfs Code 2 No More

October 4, 2002

For almost as long as the now well out of date Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Rural Fire Service has existed the Union has fielded a glut of calls from members deeply disturbed about the manner in which it, […]

September Update

September 26, 2002

In this notice: Permanent Recruit Entry Requirements Pre Incident Planning First Aid Accreditation MAA’s and Boundary Variations

Minister Koperberg?

August 26, 2002

Following on from a SMH article a few months back, it was again reported in yesterday’s Sun Herald that RFS Commissioner Phil Koperberg remains on target to be a Labor candidate in the State election to be held on 22 […]

August Update

August 26, 2002

Inside this notice: 2002 Regs Dispute New Firefighting Helmets No to new Service Numbers SRAFS D&D dispute Good Service Badges

Permanents’ 4% Payrise

August 22, 2002

The latest Award payrise for permanent members of 4% took effect on 9 August, and will therefore now appear in this fortnight’s pays due tomorrow.

Regs Dispute Update – Bans Lifted

August 8, 2002

Shut and Open Case As previously advised, the dispute over the review of the regulations was the subject of a hearing today in the NSW Industrial Relations Commission.

Regs Dispute Update

August 7, 2002

Today the Union formally listed the dispute over the Regulations review in the NSW Industrial Relations Commission ( IRC ). A hearing has been set down for 1300 hours tomorrow (Thursday).

Relieving Bans And O/t

August 3, 2002

As expected, the relieving bans which were introduced at 1800 hours last night have resulted in considerable additional overtime being required. However, our Inspector members have struggled (and today were unable) to locate enough off-duty members – both officers and […]