FIREFIGHTER PADDLING AROUND TASMANIA RAISING AWARNESS AND FUNDS FOR MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE RESEARCH Tasmania Branch member and Leading Firefighter Craig Machen is raising funds for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) research by circumnavigating around Tasmania …………………………………..
In accordance with the Rules and the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009, the UFUA National Committee of Management has considered and endorsed the financial statements and Auditor’s report for the year ending June 2016. The financial statements have been published on the UFUA national website http://www.ufua.asn.au/
The extensive and relentless partisan political campaign to demonise career firefighters and UFU members through lies and misinformation in Victoria did not pay off for the Liberals. A national survey of votes shows that the trumped up CFA dispute did not affect the outcome of the Federal Election. UFU members proudly and successfully battled the …
The final Fiskville report has been released.
The UFUA National Office was able to secure the insertions (outlined below) into the ALP Policy Platform at the ALP National Conference in July 2015. The National Office has also had discussions with the Leader of the Opposition who is understanding and supportive of the issues surrounding the preservation age for firefighters. This is a significant achievement …
The United Firefighters’ Union of Australia’s audited financial statements are now available on the UFU of A national website. Click here to access them.
The terrorist events in Paris have shocked the world. The UFUA is writing to our colleagues in the French fire services to offer our condolences and to assure them that they are in the thoughts of the global firefighting community. These incidents are a stark reminder to local emergency services ………….
THE UFUA RECOGNISES THE HEROIC SACRIFICE OF FIREFIGHTERS THAT LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY DURING THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS
Last week the Federal Government announced a $246 million pilot program extending childcare concessions to those who access in-house nanny services. The Government has announced that this pilot program is designed to allow emergency service workers such as police, ambulance officers and firefighters to access child care rebates …………….
The UFUA has been approached by a documentary film crew who are raising funds to film a documentary about the complete lack of any professional or funded ambulance service in Laos. Laos has one of the highest road accidents rates in the world yet does not have any official ambulance service. We have been directly approached …
Read more “DOCUMENTARY TO PUBLICISE COMPLETE LACK OF FUNDED AMBULANCE SERVICE IN LAOS”
The Victorian Government has established an inquiry into the CFA Fiskville Training Ground and has called for submissions. The UFU is asking all members who have trained or worked at Fiskville to fill in the below form for the UFUA to submit to the Inquiry. All UFU Members who believe they may have been exposed …
Read more “National Bulletin #2 – Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry Into Fiskville Training Ground”
The United Firefighters Union of Australia is again at the forefront of progressive change with two key achievements this week. Yesterday about 90 firefighters and Western Australian Branch representatives were in Parliament to witness the introduction of the Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Amendment Bill 2013. Despite short notice, the firefighters were on hand to …
Read more “National Bulletin No. 16 – WA Presumptive Legislation”
Every firefighter is a hero. Download the bulletin by clicking here (or right-click/Cmd-click to save to your computer: PDF download).
The rule alterations as specified in National Bulletin #12 have now been lodged by a Notice of Alteration with the Fair Work Commission.
The Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 was amended in 2012 to require organisations to amend their rules by 29 June 2013 to include new disclosure and officer training requirements. The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) developed model rules resulting from a consultation process including involvement by the ACTU. Read more (or …
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Fair Protection For Firefighters Bill Referred to Victorian Parliamentary Committee For Constitutional Enquiry: download the bulletin by clicking here (or right-click/Cmd-click to save to your computer: PDF download).
The rule alterations as specified in National Bulletin #12 have now been lodged by a Notice of Alteration with the Fair Work Commission.
Members are advised that today the National Elections of the National Officers of the National President and National Secretary have been declared: SA Branch Secretary Greg Northcott has been elected as National President unopposed. National Secretary Peter Marshall has been re-elected unopposed. Click to read the bulletin (or right-click/Cmd-click to save to your computer: PDF …
The United Firefighters Union of Australia (UFUA) National Committee of Management has adopted changes to the UFUA rules on 8 January 2013. In accordance with rule 49(4) of the UFUA Rules, the National Secretary publicises the rule changes adopted by the National Committee of Management: click here (or right-click/Cmd-click to save to your computer: PDF …
In Victoria, a Fair Work Australia decision is a significant milestone in the battle against the CFA’s continued reneging on agreements and attack on the CFA UFU Operational Staff Agreement. The week’s news August 24, 2012 Links to selected firefighter workplace, industrial, technology and OHS news stories. Australia Vic: CFA ordered to vary staffing schedule Fair …
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Links to selected firefighter workplace, industrial, technology and OHS news stories. Australia Qld: Union flags fears of station closures The UFU is worried that fire stations will be closed due to state bovernment budget cuts. Qld emergency workers launch campaign. ACT: We will protect you Response times are critical to saving lives, but apparently firefighters must leave our response areas …
Australia National: UFUA status as the federal union for firefighters preserved Federal regulations have now been passed which match a number of state based firefighter unions with the UFUA as the federal counterpart. This enshrines the UFUA as the organisation that will represent the interests of firefighters in the federal industrial arena. Litigation has now been withdrawn. …
Australia NSW: Firefighters head to IRC The Union is due to meet with NSW Emergency Services Minister Michael Gallacher in a last ditch effort to avoid a dispute about overtime blowouts heading back to the industrial umpire. NSW firefighters to head to Commission. Vic: Victorian towns still at risk of bushfire Dozens of communities at high risk of …
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Australia Vic: Firefighters unite over cancer risk laws The UFUA, former CFA chief Brian Potter (who is seriously ill after years of service at the authority’s Fiskville training ground) and Volunteers Fire Brigades Victoria have written to all state MPs and are seeking a meeting with Emergency Services Minister Peter Ryan. Firefighters call for cancer compensation. …
The CFA investigation into the historic practices of live fire training at Fiskville condemns previous practice and confirms that firefighters were subject to horrendous exposures of carcinogens and toxins over a long period of time. Click here to read the bulletin (or right-click/Cmd-click to save to your computer: PDF download).
Australia Vic: CFA recruits had to swim through contaminated dams United Firefighters Union secretary Peter Marshall said it demonstrated the CFA did not want to be subjected to public scrutiny and “it has been shown they gave false assurances to the public and employees about the quality of the water”. Vic: Fiskville gag claims The Union says …
Australia Vic: CFA knew of potentially deadly water contamination The CFA was aware of the potential hazard at its main training college for at least 12 years but did nothing to warn firefighters. Fiskville water: MFB firefighters defer water-based parts of their training course at Fiskville as CFA claim training site water is acceptable. Highly-toxic CFA training ground Fiskville should …