The Canberra Times reports on 5 May 2019 that despite recent industrial action the ACT's urban firefighters remain in limbo when it comes to finalising their work conditions under a new enterprise agreement: "Two years after their employment agreement expired, there's no end in sight for Canberra's urban firefighters in their battle for a new deal." The whole Canberra Times … [Read more...]
Court orders ACT government to hand over firefighters’ pay records
Another report in the Canberra Times about possible underpayments to ACT firefighters: the ACT government ordered to cough up the pay records of UFU members. … [Read more...]
Response to Canberra light rail emergency response
In recent times there has been significant media attention devoted to light rail emergency response. Following that, the ESA produced a video, which if left uncorrected might have been considered by some to be misleading. We have taken the opportunity to provide some additional information , which addresses the claims made in the video in the context of the factual … [Read more...]
Firefighters overtime ‘increased dramatically’ despite plan to reduce it
The Canberra Times of 7 April 2019 reports that the ACT Fire & Rescue's annual overtime bill appears out of control. … [Read more...]