News

1998 is looming as the year when our Union fights to put a stop to the injustice and inequity of firefighters’ superannuation. The 100’s of members who have joined since 1992 have literally no protection in the event of death […]

All FBEU members and families are invited to join your comrades and mates for the annual get together of all Unionist in NSW at the annual Mayday rally in

Further to the Union notice of 22 March regarding the expiration of the 2006 D&D Award, the Industrial Relations Commission of NSW today made a new 2009 D&D Award that will operate for the coming three years through until 21 […]

Following advice from the Australian Electoral Commission received this morning – nominations for all 14 positions on the Union’s committee of management will now remain open for a further two weeks.

Nominations which open on Tuesday 31st March 2009 are called for:

As many members would now be aware our Death and Disability Award officially ended yesterday – Saturday March 21st 2009. Under NSW labour law our Award stays intact until a new Award is either settled by agreement with the government, […]

The Union’s triennial elections for its fourteen member State Committee of Management are set to open next week and it is vitally important that all members take their opportunity to vote. On this basis it is extremely important that members […]

Reminder: Four-hour minimum Recall back pay claims This notice was published on 13 Februry 2009 and is republished in full for the benefit of members that may have missed it. As you’ll see, time is running out for the Union […]

The FBEU is organising a campaign so that Station Officers can fight for their own industrial interests, and deal effectively with the demands pushed onto them by Brigade management.

Pacific Brands the parent company of CTE – suppliers of dress shirts to the NSW Fire Brigades, NSW Police Force and the Australian Army announced last week that it would be shifting its manufacturing offshore and sacking 1850 employees in […]

This notice was issued as a Red Message over ten years ago, but given recent calls to the Union office, it is clear that the Union’s policy regarding members appearing as witnesses during police questioning of juvenile offenders remains just […]

On the 17th February 2009 the United Firefighters Union of Australia,  ACT Fire Brigade and the community lost a valued colleague in tragic circumstances. We should now mourn the loss of a comrade that represented his uniform and his union […]