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All members are advised that the minimum staffing for No. 4 Stn Darlinghurst is to be maintained at Station Officer & five (5) firefighters per Platoon.

Members in Attendance Country Sub-Branch – 94 Newcastle Sub-Branch – 103 Illawarra Sub-Branch – 107 Sydney Day Section – 521 Sydney Night Section – 214 TOTAL = 1039

Members working in Operational Communications would be well aware of the ongoing requests by the Union for more appropriate staffing levels at both Newcastle and Wollongong Communications Centres.  To date the Department has failed to adequately address our concerns over […]

A Special General Meeting of members shall be held in two sections as follows:

Permanent Members – What to claim for attending the Sydney Hail Storm Incident

The Union has previously advised members of the Government’s proposal to lure members off the “old” State Super Fund (SSF) and into the “new” First State Super Fund (FSS).

Retained members – What to claim for attending the Sydney Hail Storm Incident

A meeting of Superintendent and Chief Superintendent members will be held on Thursday  8 April 1999 at 3 pm in the Union office, to consider the following issues:

The Department this morning lifted the suspension on acting-up of Leading Firefighters to Station Officer Rank. This was done without consultation with the Union in what would appear to be a feeble attempt to sneak acting-up back in over the […]

The Department this morning lifted the suspension on acting-up of Leading Firefighters to Station Officer rank. This was done without consultation with the Union in what would appear to be a feeble attempt to sneak acting-up back in over the […]

Negotiations with the Department today have led to considerable progress being made in the dispute involving the introduction of permanent firefighters at Bathurst and Nowra fire stations.