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The Gloves Come Off: STOP WORK MEETING THURSDAY

The following advice was approved by yesterday’s meeting of the State Committee of Management to serve as a guide on the intention and application of our Union’s current industrial bans. As such, it should assist members by removing any “grey” […]

Professional firefighters throughout the state will walk off the job on Thursday to attend stop work meetings.

Dear FBEU member, The Union has received numerous calls regarding the Commissioner’s Industrial Update. It is pleasing that most members saw the Commissioner’s message as disingenuous.

Response to Commissioner’s Industrial Update Our caring, sharing Commissioner is now showing his support for our “just cause” (his words) by refusing to promote members, threatening to not open new stations and refusing to negotiate a new Award.

Your Money … The Union and the Department again appeared before the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) yesterday, but this time it was over our application for a new Award for permanent members rather than the D&D dispute.

SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS Negotiations between public sector unions, the Labor Council of NSW and the NSW Government have led to broad agreement on special arrangements for the Xmas/New Year period, with the actual implementation within each Government agency to be negotiated […]

All members (recruits to Executive Officers) in the GSA, excluding exemptions (see below) are instructed to stop work today at 1300 hours and proceed to City of Sydney Fire Station. The Police have agreed to close Castlereagh St (between Bathurst […]

Members are hereby advised that, in accordance with Rule 11(3), notice is given of the Annual General Meeting of the New South Wales Fire Brigade Employees’ Union (FBEU).

NDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES FULL BENCH CORAM: WALTON J, Vice-President HUNGERFORD J CAMBRIDGE C

So Who Really Won This Week? The Commissioner yesterday issued his own version of events as to what occurred in the IRC this week. It’s one thing to put on a brave face, but it’s another thing to mislead.