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Watchrooms To Close For New Positions

October 9, 2001
Members would recall that one of the few concessions agreed to in return for the last Award round’s 17% increases was for the relocation of the staff positions attached to the watchrooms at City of Sydney, Campbelltown, Penrith and Gosford […]
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New Retained Award: 3% Wage Rise From 1 October

October 9, 2001
A 3% wage increase for all retained members took effect on and from 1 October, although the new 2001 Award which provides this increase (and a further 9% over the next 18 months) is yet to be finalised. Whilst the […]
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Transfer Lists Up For Review

October 9, 2001
Ongoing controversy surrounding the permanent members’ transfer list system which operates under In Orders 1991/19 and Clause 28 of the Award has led the Union’s State Committee to order an overhaul of the system, and to withdraw from any further […]
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D&d Update: Full Bench And Hearing Dates Fixed

October 9, 2001
The D&D Dispute (which we note that the Department now refers to simply as a “matter”) returned to the Industrial Relations Commission on Thursday 4 October for directions. To cut a long story short, the outcome of last Thursday’s hearing […]
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3% Wage Rise On 9 August

July 25, 2001
Members would recall that the 17% wage increases secured by our Union last year were to be delivered through two awards – a 12 month award in 2000 and a 3 year award in 2001. The 2000 award delivered the […]
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Picket State Parliament

June 18, 2001
The Carr Labor Government hasn’t only been bashing firefighters lately, they’ve also been betraying and lying to the wider trade union movement in NSW.
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D&d – Commissioner Gets It Wrong, Again

June 14, 2001
The Commissioner has today again written to firefighters concerning the Dispute. He has completely misrepresented both their position and ours – here’s why: He says of the Government’s PPI offer, “a lump sum will be paid if a firefighter is […]
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Are We Really Prepared To Get Our Hands Dirty?

June 1, 2001
Whilst there hasn’t been an update notice lately, this shouldn’t be taken to mean that there hasn’t been anything happening with the dispute. Again, there have been far too many instances of members doing their bit to mention all of […]
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$30 A Week For What, Ian?

May 21, 2001
Mr MacDougall AC AFSM has outdone himself with his latest “Message from the Commissioner” concerning the D&D dispute. In fact it’s so good that we’ve taken the unusual step of attaching his notice to ours, just in case you missed […]
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