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Code Red – Fix Our Fire Service Industrial Campaign Today, the FBEU and FRNSW met again for Award negotiations. Unsurprisingly, given the new Government is yet to swear in its Ministers etc, FRNSW are not in a position to make […]

Fix Our Fire Service Industrial Campaign and Code Reds Continue As we advised in our last sitrep to members, today the FBEU and FRNSW met again for Award negotiations. You might recall that as part of the outcome of FRNSW’s […]

Election Day Results – New Premier calls to thank FBEU members As results from closely contested seats continue to trickle in, it is still unclear whether Labor will form Government in their own right or form a minority Government with […]

This week hundreds of FBEU members stood up and spoke out to ensure the message of professional firefighters was heard by the NSW Government and the voting public. Since early voting commenced last Saturday, members have been a constant presence […]

Following conciliation before the IRC today in response to FRNSW’s dispute in relation to the Code Reds issued on Wednesday 22 March, the FBEU is issuing the below updated Code Reds which are effectively immediately. The updates to the Code […]

Outcome of FRNSW Dispute over Code Reds – Code Reds Updated Further to last night’s Sitrep, FRNSW and the FBEU attended conciliation today before the IRC regarding FRNSW dispute over the Code Reds issued earlier this week, in support of […]

This afternoon FRNSW filed a dispute with the Industrial Relations Commissions regarding the Code Reds issued by the FBEU yesterday afternoon. The matter has been listed before the IRC at 11am tomorrow for compulsory conference. Members will be provided with […]

As per our previous update on Award negotiations, this week the FBEU and FRNSW spent several hours in conciliation before the IRC to discuss the Awards. In conciliation the Commissioner acknowledged the extensive work by the FBEU to consult with […]

Award Update – It’s Time for Members to Show Your Support for the Fix Our Fire Service Industrial Campaign As per our previous update on Award negotiations, yesterday the FBEU and FRNSW spent several hours in conciliation before the IRC […]

State Election 2023 – We Need You Pre-poll for the State Election starts tomorrow, and our members are fired up and having a huge impact through our campaign. Hundreds of members have so far turned out to campaign against this […]

Vaccination Risk Assessment Update  Following our most recent request for an update, FRNSW has communicated to the FBEU that they are currently reviewing the COVID-19 Risk Assessment. FRNSW will soon be engaging with Health and Safety Representatives and the FBEU […]

Health Checks Code Red Lifted Effective Immediately Further to our Sitrep issued on Wednesday we can advise members that yesterday, FRNSW and the FBEU went before the IRC in relation to the application of FRNSW seeking that our Code Red […]