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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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.

Members would be aware that last Thursday, 24 February was the date scheduled for the conclusion of Award negotiations. It was also the day on which the second $350 payment was to be made. Neither occurred.