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All members, retained and permanent, are required to attend a Union rally to protest against the NSW government policy of closing retained fire stations across the state.

In the midst our Union elections the Department has once again pulled on a dirty manoeuvre to attack our wages and conditions.

In Order 2008/22 Rolled Back Again On Tuesday 19th May FBEU members pressured the NSW government to commit to employing more retained

When the Department imposed In Order 2008/22 on brigades throughout NSW, the FBEU claimed it was wrong to close fire brigades rather than recruit additional firefighters and we vowed we would fight hard to get the decision reversed. This campaign […]

All Union members throughout NSW will soon be getting ballot papers mailed directly to their homes in the Union’s election for new leadership.

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 […]