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SCOM ELECTION UPDATE Just a reminder to all members, ballots for the State Committee elections started being posted yesterday. Members should commence receiving their ballots from the NSW Electoral Commission either late this week and into next week.  With the ballot […]

Award Negotiation Update Following on from our action last week, it seems our message was definitely heard loud and clear, with high level meetings with both Government and FRNSW already occurring this week and continuing into next week. Meanwhile, as […]

SCOM ELECTIONS – WITHDRAWAL OF NOMINATIONS CLOSE At the close of withdrawal of nominations today, we can advise that the below candidates have been elected unopposed to State Committee: Central Coast Sub-Branch Secretary – Rob Slade Newcastle Sub-Branch Secretary – Jason Morgan […]

FBEU MEMBER’S RALLY IN NUMEBR’S AT STATE PARLIAMENT           On behalf of the State Committee, President Mick Johnsen and I extend our sincere appreciation to all the FBEU members and their families who attended the FBEU rally at State Parliament yesterday. See here for […]

FBEU RALLY TOMORROW 11am All FBEU off-duty members are reminded that the FBEU will be marching tomorrow to the steps of State Parliament in a mass membership rally for the ‘Respect, Protect, Value’ industrial campaign. Your attendance at this rally […]

AWARD UPDATE Alongside representatives from the Premier’s Department and Public Sector IR, the FBEU and FRNSW met yesterday to further “negotiations”. Despite ongoing without prejudice discussions, FRNSW remain unable to provide a wage offer nor put any formal proposals on […]

Respect, Protect, Value – Campaign T-Shirts Code Reds from 25 Feb remain in place, with members instructed to cease wearing FRNSW issued T-shirts/shirts while performing any work or duties for FRNSW and instead to wear any other shirt including but not exclusive to union […]

RESPECT, PROTECT, VALUE NSW PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS Our campaign actions calling on the State Government to respect, protect and value us as professional firefighters continued today. Hundreds of members showed up to campaign activities across both the Central Coast and Newcastle […]

PROUD TO BE UNION – PROUD TO BE FBEU On Wednesday, FBEU members proudly rallied in force marching on Macquarie St as part of the latest escalation in our industrial campaign, the result of yet another week of inaction from […]

INDUSTRIAL CAMPAIGN – Update FBEU members in Wollongong showed up in force today, descending on the office of Minister Paul Scully in a further escalation of our industrial campaign.  In an article from the Daily Telegraph last week, the Premier acknowledged the […]

INDUSTRIAL CAMPAIGN – Call to action Tuesday & Wednesday Following on from last Monday’s campaign actions, and the continued disrespect being shown to FBEU members by the Minns Government, the State Committee has met to deliberate on further escalating our […]

INDUSTRIAL CAMPAIGN SAVE THE DATE With the IR Minister yesterday confirming in budget estimates that there is still no approval on bargaining parameters for our expired Awards, we are asking off-duty members who are available to Save the Date for […]