Much needed wage increase welcomed by Victorian career firefighters
The United Firefighters Union welcomes Minister for Emergency Services James Merlino’s announcement today that career firefighters in the MFB and CFA will receive a pay increase.
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Paramedics and firefighters say Cash’s bill risks community safety
Today, representatives of Victoria’s career firefighters and paramedics will give evidence to an Senate Committee hearing looking at the Turnbull Government’s radical and unjustified intervention into the State’s emergency services.
New CFA data shows response time crisis: Liberals failing Victorians
New data released today shows the failure of the previous Victorian Liberal Government to implement the findings of the 2009 Bushfire Royal Commission.
Cash interview shows why federal firefighting intervention must be blocked
Employment Minister Michaelia Cash’s repeated failure yesterday to justify federal intervention in the CFA confirms she is playing politics rather than acting in the public
interest.
Under questioning on Sky TV yesterday Minister Cash was repeatedly unable to point to any clauses in the firefighters enterprise agreement to justifying her claims of a
‘UFU takeover’.
The Minister was unable to explain even the most basic points in relation to the agreement.
Turnbull and Cash must stop dividing firefighters
The United Firefighters Union in Victoria today calls on Prime Minister Turnbull and Minister for Employment Michaelia Cash to stop inciting division between career and volunteer firefighters.
“If the federal government wants to do something useful it would step in and support the thousands of firefighters and volunteers exposed to dangerous chemicals through CFA mismanagement,” said Peter Marshall, UFU secretary.
VFBV should focus on protecting firefighters not playing politics
The Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria’s (VFBV) latest court action relating to the enterprise agreement once again demonstrates that they are more interested in playing politics than in protecting firefighters and protecting Victorians.
Instead of focusing on what really matters the VFBV has chosen to continue wasting taxpayer dollars waging a political war against the Andrews Government on behalf of the Liberal Party.
UNITED FIREFIGHTERS LAUNCH ‘JUSTICE FOR FISKVILLE’
Firefighters from the CFA and MFB will meet on the steps of Parliament today to launch the ‘Justice for Fiskville’ campaign. The campaign will advocate for firefighters exposed to toxic contamination at the Fiskville CFA training facility, west of Melbourne.
Justice for Fiskville has been established in response to community concern that victims of Fiskville are not being properly identified and tested. The campaign asks the Andrews Government to take carriage of blood testing and calls on those responsible to be held accountable.
MFB Firefighters Work As Normal
MFB firefighters are working as normal this weekend – after a week that devastated Victorian firefighters and the latest attack by the State Government.
UFUA National Bulletin 002 – Aviation Rule Changes
The United Firefighters Union of Australia (UFUA) National Committee of Management has adopted changes to the UFUA rules on 19 May 2014. National Bulletin 002-2014 Aviation Rule Changes
CFA told to clean up notorious Fiskville Training College
THE Country Fire Authority’s notorious Fiskville training base will be subject to a four-year clean-up following an Environment Protection Authority probe.The watchdog has raised concerns about hazardous materials kept on site, and the potential for…