UK Update, AGM Agenda and Meals & Refreshments
UK firefighters – National strike certain British firefighters are almost certain to walk out for 48 hours from tomorrow night after the “independent” review into their wages and conditions yesterday...
View ArticleUK: FBEU letter of support
“On behalf of the professional firefighters of NSW I convey our Union’s full and unqualified support for the FBU’s current struggle for wage justice and trade union rights.” 15 November 2002 The...
View ArticleLies, Damn Lies and Statistics
A survey of citizens’ opinions on the national firefighters’ strike appeared in the UK’s The Timestoday. The subtle yet deliberate wording chosen reveals just how parochial the “independent” press can...
View ArticleUK: Labour’s burning
John O’Farrell Saturday November 16, 2002 The Guardian It has been 25 years since the last firefighters’ strike but those trusty old headlines and cumbersome puns that haven’t seen active service since...
View ArticleRFSA call is a diversion
Bogus RFSA yelps over Union Code 2 notice The Rural Fire Service Association – the unrepresentative lackeys of Rosehill – this week issued a media release attacking your Union’s 7 week old direction to...
View Article2002 AGM details
Sydney – The Sydney AGM will be held at Trades Hall Auditorium, Goulburn Street Sydney, commencing at 9.00am on Thursday 12 December. Newcastle – The Newcastle Sub-Branch meeting will be held at No....
View ArticleUK: Blair gives modernity a bad name
The government needs to settle the fire strikes as much as the FBU Seumas Milne The Guardian Thursday December 5, 2002 After years of relative industrial peace, establishment outrage at trade unionists...
View ArticlePop-Stars and media moths
The following article concerning the RFS Commissioner appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald’s “Bushfires, Your safety guide” today, Thursday 19 December 2002. The Commish No-one has put their stamp on...
View ArticleGeneral update December
Inside this issue: D&D dispute update Meals and allowances Recalls over the Xmas/New Year period Union bans lifted Nurses 6% wage rise D&D Dispute Update Negotiations on the finer details of...
View ArticleXmas message and office shutdown
The Union Office will close for its annual Christmas/New Year break at midday today, Tuesday 24 December and resume operations on Thursday 2 January. Members requiring assistance over this time may...
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