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Sitrep 39/2024

June 21, 2024

MINNS GOVERNMENT PUT ON NOTICE Today, FBEU members picketed the Electoral office of Labor Government MPs in a further escalation of our bargaining dispute. These actions, undertaken by both on and off-shift members, serve as a warning to the Minns […]

Code Red Lifted – Frnsw Seeks To Shut Down Comsafe – No Chargeable Codes On Afas

June 19, 2024

CODE RED LIFTED – FRNSW Seeks to Shut Down ComSafe No Chargeable Codes on AFAs For the past four months, the FBEU has been fighting to keep ComSafe open, alongside our 7 Permanent Firefighter comrades and the casual Retained pool. […]

Sitrep 38/2024

June 16, 2024

ONE DOWN MANY TO GO Although today’s announcement of fixing the structural funding deficit is welcomed, it only fixes one of the many issues facing FRNSW, which includes station amenities, an ageing fire truck fleet, lack of presumptive cancer […]

Sitrep 37/2024

June 7, 2024

AWARD UPDATE As outlined in Sitrep last week, we met with FRNSW along with government representatives this week to further discuss ongoing Award negotiations. FRNSW and the Government representatives provided information regarding the costing associated with both the Government’s […]

Sitrep 36/2024

May 31, 2024

AWARD UPDATE Following on from SitRep 35/2024, discussions with the IR Minister has confirmed that the wages offer put to us by the NSW Government the week before last is in fact a baseline offer. This means that further consideration […]

Code Red Lifted – Hytrans Training

May 24, 2024

Code Red Lifted – Hytrans Training Following discussions today, the Department has committed to training both Retained and Permanent on the new Hytrans appliances. We have reached agreement on hourly pay for Retained who use the appliances. The FBEU […]

Sitrep 35/2024

May 20, 2024

MINNS GOVERNMENT FINALLY ANNOUNCES PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES OFFER After months of delays and uncertainty, the Minns Government has today finally announced its public sector wages offer, and I think it’s fair to say that it probably wasn’t worth the wait. […]

Sitrep 34/2024

May 10, 2024

AWARD UPDATE On Tuesday, both parties and State Government representatives met before Commissioner McDonald to further conciliate on a way forward concerning negotiations. With the Minns Government rumored to shortly announce a further position on public sector wages, both FRNSW […]

Sitrep 33/2024

May 9, 2024

OPEN DAY THIS SATURDAY – CAMPAIGN CODE REDS APPLY At the 2023 FRNSW Open Day, a newly elected Minns Labor Government proudly posed with FBEU members from across the state. A year on, FBEU members are still waiting for the […]