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Sitrep 17/2024

March 15, 2024

AWARD UPDATE Alongside representatives from the Premier’s Department and Public Sector IR, the FBEU and FRNSW met yesterday to further “negotiations”. Despite ongoing without prejudice discussions, FRNSW remain unable to provide a wage offer nor put any formal proposals on […]

Sitrep 16/2024

March 12, 2024

Respect, Protect, Value – Campaign T-Shirts Code Reds from 25 Feb remain in place, with members instructed to cease wearing FRNSW issued T-shirts/shirts while performing any work or duties for FRNSW and instead to wear any other shirt including but not exclusive to union […]

Sitrep 15/2024

March 8, 2024

RESPECT, PROTECT, VALUE NSW PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS Our campaign actions calling on the State Government to respect, protect and value us as professional firefighters continued today. Hundreds of members showed up to campaign activities across both the Central Coast and Newcastle […]

Sitrep 14/2024

March 7, 2024

PROUD TO BE UNION – PROUD TO BE FBEU On Wednesday, FBEU members proudly rallied in force marching on Macquarie St as part of the latest escalation in our industrial campaign, the result of yet another week of inaction from […]

Sitrep 13/2024

March 5, 2024

INDUSTRIAL CAMPAIGN – Update FBEU members in Wollongong showed up in force today, descending on the office of Minister Paul Scully in a further escalation of our industrial campaign. In an article from the Daily Telegraph last week, the Premier acknowledged the […]

Sitrep 12/2024

March 4, 2024

INDUSTRIAL CAMPAIGN – Call to action Tuesday & Wednesday Following on from last Monday’s campaign actions, and the continued disrespect being shown to FBEU members by the Minns Government, the State Committee has met to deliberate on further escalating our […]

Sitrep 11/2024

March 1, 2024

INDUSTRIAL CAMPAIGN SAVE THE DATE With the IR Minister yesterday confirming in budget estimates that there is still no approval on bargaining parameters for our expired Awards, we are asking off-duty members who are available to Save the Date for […]

Sitrep 10/2024

February 29, 2024

2024 Award Update While we wait for bargaining parameters from the Government, the FBEU continues to meet in good faith with FRNSW in an attempt to progress negotiations as far and as fast as we can. Discussions are occurring on […]

Sitrep 9/2024

February 27, 2024

Firefighters down tools to demand Government and FRNSW come to the table with a bargaining offer In coordinated action, eight pumps from across the metro came offline yesterday and descended on the NSW Parliament. Joined by the FBEU State Committee, […]