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Sgm Decision And Media Comment

December 16, 1999

Decision of this week’s Special General Meeting: “That the framework set out in the Union notice dated 13/12/99 which is proposed to progress both the death and disability dispute and negotiations for new permanent and retained firefighters’ consent Awards be […]

Pay Sheets Re Stop Work

December 14, 1999

With the exception of a handful of members who were exempted in order to maintain “skeleton” crews (see below), all permanent members from Recruit to Chief Superintendent who were on duty were called upon to stop work last Monday December 6 at […]

Pay Arrangements Xmas/new Year

December 14, 1999

In September the Department, true to its ongoing fixation with Y2K, wrote to us seeking revised pay arrangements for permanent members over the coming Christmas/New Year period. We have agreed to special pay arrangements over this time in recent years, […]

Proposed Framework Agreement

December 13, 1999

As advised in last Saturday’s Union notice, the State Committee of Management resolved to suspend (not permanently lift) our Union’s D&D bans from 0800 hours this morning pending a Special General Meeting of members to be held this Wednesday, 15 […]

Bans Suspended, Urgent Sgm

December 11, 1999

Bans Suspended from 0800 hrs Monday, Urgent SGM this coming Wednesday

Decisions Of The Union’s 1999 Annual General Meeting

December 10, 1999

Apologies: “That the apologies as reported by received and accepted.” Adoption of 1998 AGM Minutes: “That the minutes of the 1998 Annual General Meeting of the Union as read and presented here be received and adopted as a true and […]

1999 Agm Agenda

December 9, 1999

Trades Hall Auditorium, Goulburn Street, Sydney 1000 hours and 1900 hours, Thursday 9th December, 1999

Furious Union’s Are Alp’s Achilles Heel

December 8, 1999

The Australian, Wednesday December 8 1999 Bob Carr’s bitter fight with the unions may spill into Victoria, Michael Bachelard reports

Decisions From Today’s Stop Work Meeting

December 6, 1999

Permanent members around the state walked off the job at 1300 hours today for 2 hours to attend stop work meetings over our current dispute with the Carr Government. The following 3 resolutions by overwhelming majorities: