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2000 March Special General Meeting Agenda

March 30, 2000

SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING AGENDA Trades Hall Auditorium, Goulburn Street, Sydney 1000 hours and 1900 hours, Friday 31 March, 2000 Apologies State Secretary’s Report

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Department Declares War On Retained Brigades

March 28, 2000

Most retained members would be aware that our Union has been negotiating with the Department and NSW Government for a new industrial Award for all retained firefighters over the last few months. The Union lodged a new Award application back […]

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Safe Minimum Staffing And In Order 1995/20

March 24, 2000

Members have heard all the nonsense that senior management ram down our throats about “quality service delivery”, “stakeholders” and “moving towards a world class fire service”, etc. If they’re so committed to these objectives, why is that they keep trying […]

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Negotiations Update #8

March 17, 2000

Negotiations have continued since the last Union notice, with considerable progress being made toward the final settlement of both the permanent and retained Awards. It’s too early to go into any detail given that we’re currently waiting on corro from […]

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Correspondence: Lf Promotions

March 15, 2000

1.    Department to Union 15 March 2000 Mr Chris Read State Secretary NSW Fire Brigade Employees’ Union 267 Sussex Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 Dear Mr Read, Re: Promotion of Leading Firefighters.

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Leading Firefighter Promotions

March 10, 2000

Given that we’ll still have to deal with them long after the current round of disputes have been resolved, we’ve been trying to start to repair some of the bridges burnt between the Union and the Department lately – but […]

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It’s 31 March, & No Extensions

March 9, 2000

It would have been clear to most members that today’s Special General Meeting was looming as a stop work meeting. After months of failed negotiations, broken promises and long-overdue deadlines, the Union’s State Committee officials and rank and file members […]

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Correspondence: Award Commitments

March 6, 2000

6th March, 2000 Mr. Ian MacDougall Commissioner New South Wales Fire Brigades PO BOX A249 SYDNEY SOUTH NSW 1232 Dear Sir, Re: 1997 Award Commitments

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When Enough’s Enough!

March 1, 2000

A Special General Meeting will be held in one section only next Thursday, 9 March to allow our Union’s members to decide the future direction of the stalled Award negotiations and the still unresolved Death and Disability Dispute.

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Correspondence: Union To Dept.

March 1, 2000

1st March, 2000 Mr. Ian MacDougall Commissioner New South Wales Fire Brigades PO BOX A249 SYDNEY SOUTH NSW 1232 Dear Sir, Re: Negotiations On Successor Awards For Firefighters; Death & Disability Matter; Statement of Agreed Framework I write in response […]

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Award Negotiations Update #7, Too Late

February 29, 2000

Further to Updates #4, #5 and #6, the Department’s response to our offer of 25 February was eventually received – almost a day late – by fax this afternoon. That letter can be found in full within the Union’s website […]

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Award Negotiations Update #6

February 28, 2000

Further to last Saturday’s Update #5, the Union’s request for a written response from the Government to our letter of 25/2 by close of business today has (almost) gone unanswered.

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