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Inside this issue: Staffing and checking of appliances at jointly-staffed stations Retained availability “not an issue” Refreshment and meals Union calendars Christmas/New Year shutdown

The Department has approached the Union about problems in getting sufficient numbers of members making themselves available for recall on Christmas Day. The most pressing problem appears to be covering expected shortages of Station Officers on that day.

In August 2001 the Union issued a notice instructing Permanent members to  check/maintain/wash only their station’s pumper or aerial pumper (as the case may be), and for the rostered driver for that shift to claim and be paid the (then) […]

The Union launched a new web page at the recent Sydney AGM and, quite rightly, we’re pretty proud of its look, functionality and content.

I think we all understand what sells newspapers and its not necessarily ‘the whole truth and nothing but the truth’. A ‘shock-horror’ headline always draws us to a story and maybe just maybe there could be some factual information within.

2005 AGM results The Union’s 95th Annual General Meeting concluded at the Tom Mann Threatre, Surry Hills last Wednesday 30 November. The collective results from this and the various Sub-Branch held in Western Sydney, Newcastle, the Central Coast, Illawarra, and […]

The Union’s 95th Annual General Meeting concluded at the Tom Mann Threatre, Surry Hills last Wednesday 30 November.

That’s the Industrial Relations Commission’s blunt assessment of Commissioner Mullins’s decision to sack Senior Firefighter Joe Natoli back on 20 July this year. And before Mr Mullins complains yet again about the Union “playing the man, not the ball”, the […]

Inside this notice: Reminder – Your Rights at Work Meeting Canberra Bus Trip SOPP candidate’s entitlements Additional public holidays Update – Current Union Bans

Family!  Mates!  Career!  House!  Sport & Leisure!  Community! The answer for Australians is: “It’s all of the above”. We toil long and hard to obtain and protect those things that are dearest to our hearts. The industrial relations changes that […]

The Union’s 95th Annual General Meeting will be held at the Tom Mann Threatre, 136 Chalmers Street, Surry Hills (approx. 200m south of the Devonshire St tunnel exit from Central Station) commencing at 10.00am on Wednesday 30 November.

Inside this issue: Response Protocol – 257 Stn. Hazmat Van Refreshment allowance at incidents