MFB/UFU PFAS Blood Study
Urgent call to MFB members: Your participation is vital
UFU Members Intranet Launch!
Keep informed and stay engaged with your Union. Updated Bulletin re UFU Member Intranet.
In principle ESTA/Union agreement reached – BANS NOW SUSPENDED
The UFU wish to advise the broader membership that in principle agreement has now been reached in negotiations for a new agreement to cover members engaged at the Emergency Service Telecommunications Authority.
UFU Delegates Meeting called
If you are unable to attend this meeting, please ensure Delegates at your workplace or district attend and are able to provide a briefing to you following the meeting.
Additional members meeting called
An additional members meeting has been called for next week. This is a separate and additional meeting to the one previously called.
Notice to members: Special General Members Meeting
Please send RSVPs or apologies to Laura at the UFU Office on org1@ufuvic.asn.au.
UFU continues to make big impact at United Nations
This is the first time that uniformed personnel, or professional career firefighters, have been represented at the Stockholm Convention.
A historical day for UFU on world stage
The UFU is calling for a worldwide ban on the use of PFAS in firefighting foams.
Radio ads launched today
The UFU recently launched a campaign to raise awareness about the effects toxic chemical fires have on career firefighters and to hold toxic dumpers accountable for their actions. Following the recent front pages in The Age, the UFU today continued its campaign with a media blitz.
Good Friday treachery remains dark day in Victorian parliamentary history
After being granted a pair on religious grounds, Liberals MPs Craig Ondarchie and Bernie Finn decided to hide in their offices in the wee hours of Good Friday only to slither back into the House at the time of the vote.