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2024 Award Update  While we wait for bargaining parameters from the Government, the FBEU continues to meet in good faith with FRNSW in an attempt to progress negotiations as far and as fast as we can. Discussions are occurring on […]

Firefighters down tools to demand Government and FRNSW come to the table with a bargaining offer In coordinated action, eight pumps from across the metro came offline yesterday and descended on the NSW Parliament. Joined by the FBEU State Committee, […]

CODE RED – Award Expiry Industrial Campaign As per Friday’s Sitrep, our Awards officially expire today, however, the Government has still failed to provide FRNSW with bargaining parameters, leaving negotiations at a stand-still. As other avenues have failed to get […]

Bargaining Dispute Imminent As detailed in Sitrep 6, last week the FBEU wrote to Premier Minns requesting his urgent intervention in order to avoid an escalation of an industrial dispute pertaining to our Awards.  A response to the letter from Industrial […]

2024 FBEU State Committee of Management Election February 23, 2024 The NSW Electoral Commission is conducting this year’s election of the FBEU State Committee of Management. Attached to this Sitrep is an Election Notice from the NSW Electoral Commission outlining […]

CODE RED – Samsung Appliance Phones Bulging & Attendance Management Policy Note that this is a separate Code Red to the one issued earlier today regarding Comsafe and AFAs. You can view that Code Red by clicking here in case you […]

CODE RED – FRNSW Seeks to Shut Down ComSafe No Chargeable Codes on AFAs This morning, Senior management spoke with FBEU members in ComSafe to inform them of their intent to close the ComSafe business unit entirely, affecting over 25 […]

PLEBSCITE SOUGHT ON PROPOSED RULES CHANGES We can confirm that a request for a plebiscite on the proposed rule changes has been received through the office. The request is currently being reviewed by State Committee and the Returning Officer to […]

FBEU SEEKS URGENT INTERVENTION FROM PREMIER MINNS IN AWARD NEGOTIATIONS – CAMPAIGN ACTION IMMINENT This week, the FBEU Bans/Industrial Campaign Committee reconvened to consider and discuss our imminent plan for action to progress the stalled 2024 Award negotiations. This plan […]

Award Update The FBEU featured in an article published in the SMH today, speaking to the Union’s 20% wages claim for the 2024 Award. You can find the article here and via the Union Facebook. The article speaks to the […]

Award update/Bans Committee  In Sitrep 59, members were advised of the introduction of much needed reform to the NSW Industrial Relations (IR) Act and System, enabling real wage growth for public sector workers through a model of “mutual gains” bargaining. As […]

RULE CHANGE UPDATE – SCOM ENDORSES MOTIONS State Committee of Management met on the weekend and, in accordance with rule 47, and resolved to endorse the motions previously published to members in December 2023. As advised, these proposed rule changes […]