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All 3m Afff Banned
March 29, 2007All members are instructed not to use 3M AFFF foam concentrate either carried on your appliance or in your station’s store. If you have any doubt about the type of foam you are being asked to use you and your […]
Update On Foam
March 27, 2007This afternoon the Department and the Union met for a briefing about the current bans on the ‘3M AFFF’ foam concentrate and how best to deal with it without exposing FBEU members to unacceptable risk. During that meeting the Union […]
Do Your Bit For David Hicks: Sign This Petition Today
March 26, 2007Members may be surprised to learn that after a five year delay, David Hicks’ appointment with a perverted form of justice will begin today when he is arraigned in a Military Commission. As far as we know, this short process […]
Safety First. 3m Foam Banned – Return To Sender
March 26, 2007Use or storage of the 3M products known as 3% and 6% Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) concentrate is now banned by the Union. Even though the Department has stopped purchasing and using this product for a number of years, […]
Recall To Maintain Required Staffing Levels (clause 9.6.1)
March 22, 2007Earlier this week the Union received a petition in accordance with Rule 11 calling for a Special General Meeting of members to consider the following. That: the N.S.W. Fire Brigade Employees Union hereby be instructed by its members to rescind […]
Department Forgets To Pay 8 Years Of Superannuation Payments
March 22, 2007Well if it can happen to him, it can happen to you. That’s why the Union is urging all members to have a good look at their Superannuation statement’s to see if the Department has made regular and consistent payments […]
4% Payrise For Permanent Members This Thursday
March 13, 2007The next 4% pay rise for permanent members took effect on Friday 2 March and will appear in permanent members’ pays this Thursday, 15 March. This is the final increase payable under the current award before it expires in February […]
Can You Help Teach Peter Debnam’s Liberals A Lesson?
March 8, 2007Following the resolution of last month’s Special General Meeting your Union has hit the campaign trail running by making some striking election material that urges the public not to vote for the Liberals in the looming the 24 March State […]
New D&d Award Up And Runnning
March 5, 2007The Full Bench of the NSW Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) handed down a new D&D Award last Monday, 26 February following 18 months of long and difficult negotiations between the Union and the Public Employment Office.
Thinking About Co-operating With A Department Private Investigator?
March 2, 2007Think again. That’s right, Members are instructed not to co-operate with all and any private investigations established by the Department before approval to do so is granted by the Union.
February Sgm Results
February 21, 2007This month’s SGM concluded at Sydney’s Trades Hall today after a record-breaking series of almost 80 separate meetings around the state.
Mw3 Members Can’t Be Directed To Relieve Into The Gsa
February 16, 2007Permanent members stationed within the Blue Mountains Fire District are reminded of the provisions of subclause 12.4 of the Award: 12.4 Except in the case of Inspectors and for relief duties performed outside the GSA, Newcastle, Gosford, Wyong and Wollongong Fire […]
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