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Workchoices Used Against Firefighters
July 21, 2006Management of ESS (a global company which has the contract for private fire services at military bases near Wagga and Bandiana (Vic) delayed finalising a private sector collective agreement with its staff until today by giving assurances to the United […]
“duty Of Care” – Holsworthy Asbestos Scandal
July 12, 2006Two years and six weeks after ‘Operation Explorer’, the biggest NSWFB anti-terrorism exercise to date, the facts are finally starting to emerge from the fog of managerial responsibility.
Department Walks Away From Pstp Stage 2
July 7, 2006As late as yesterday afternoon, the Department finally put the cards on the table and informed our Union that it can not and will not fund any wages increases as a result of the introduction of the second stage of […]
Us Supreme Court Rules Guantanamo Bay Illegal
July 7, 2006The trade union movement is now putting its weight behind the right of Australian citizen David Hicks to a free and fair trial after the US Supreme Court last week ruled that the Guantanamo Bay maximum security prison is unconstitutional […]
Unjust And Unfair – Howard Sues Building Workers
July 7, 2006A union-busting test case is currently before the Federal Court in Western Australia after building workers attached to the $1.5 Billion Perth to Mandurah “cross city tunnel” project walked off the job to support a sacked shop steward. The workers […]
Vale Comrade John Wright
June 30, 2006We regret to report that former FBEU official and Life Member, John Wright passed away this morning.
Hundreds March Against Howard Government Laws
June 30, 2006In the very same week that the federal government recommended a 7% pay rise for itself, outrage against its new labour laws has seen unprecedented rallies and protests all over the country.
Sydney South Sub-branch: Yraw Rally
June 23, 2006YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK RALLY – 28 JUNE 2006 Members residing in the GSA would have recently received a letter from the union informing them of the ACTU rally on the 28 June.
It’s Time To Step Up
June 22, 2006The Australian Trade Union movement has called a series of mass rallies, protests and strikes across the country on the 28th June 2006.
2006 Union Elections Declared
May 11, 2006The Australian Electoral Commission has this morning formally declared the final results for the Union’s 2006 triennial elections, and rank and file firies have voted overwhelmingly for a change in the Union’s leadership (only five of the fourteen previous officials […]
Elections And May Day 2006
May 5, 2006Inside this notice: Elections – Ballot Closes 5pm this Monday 8 May May Day March this Sunday
Lucas Heights Responses
May 5, 2006The twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster is being honoured by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) through drastically reduced OH&S conditions, of not only its own employees, but those of firefighters responding to the Lucas Heights Nuclear […]
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