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The Australian Electoral Commission’s Returning Officer has today formally declared the final result of our Union’s elections for the term 2000-2003. There were 5376 ballot papers issued and 1247 returned (23.19%), 1245 being formal.

Further to the Union’s notice of 19 May 2000 which discussed, in part, retirement benefits for those members of the “old” State Super Scheme (SSS), the following advice may now assist SSS members contemplating early voluntary retirement.

As a result of more than 6 months of members at the 7 country Back to Back Roster Stations refusing to perform out-duties across Platoons, agreement has finally been reached with the Department for the appointment from today of dedicated […]

Acting-Up To Recommence 0800 hrs Tomorrow Members attending our last General Meeting held agreed to the re-introduction of acting-up for Leading Firefighters provided that the previous guidelines would continue, and that the Department agreed to always maintain a minimum quota […]

BACKPAY AND PAYMENT OF 3% INCREASES Both the permanent and retained 2000 Awards are now in force. The only copies currently available to members are those on our Union’s website, although the Department is required to provide a copy of […]

After a long and torturous process the new Awards for both permanent and retained members were ratified in the NSW Industrial Relations Commission yesterday.

This Sunday is the “red-letter” day for the firefighters that make up the FBEU. All FBEU members are encouraged to build on the success of previous turnouts by firefighters that has seen our Union’s representation at the march grow each […]

By the conclusion of this week’s round of Union meetings, the two decisions which follow below had been carried overwhelmingly by the 100’s of rank and file members in attendance.

Earlier this month all members were given notice by direct mail to your home addresses of the opening of nominations for the Union’s triennial elections.

ast Friday’s Union notice to permanent members about Special General Meetings to discuss the new Awards advised that the Award and all relevant correspondence would be available in full on the Union’s website by midday on Tuesday.

A Special General Meeting of members will be held as follows: Trades Hall Auditorium Goulburn Street, City

There are clearly some sections of our membership who are not happy about the proposed trade-off of the O2BA allowance in return for the 10/14 O/T component of members’ wages being included in our total superable rates of pay for […]