Collective Agreement & Cancers in Firefighters/Occupational Diseases

Posted 31 Jan '12 under National

Collective Agreement

Further to previous Newsletters and included various correspondence between the parties – further mediation/negotiations have been confirmed for 9 February 2012.

Initially 2 February was to be the date, but Paul Baxter advised of his unavailability on that date, but has advised he is available on 9 February.

Members will be updated subsequent to the meeting, on any developments.

Cancers in Firefighters/Occupational Diseases

Locals have been asked to collect and forward details of members and ex members who have suffered any sort of cancer event (over the past 10 years).

If you have knowledge of any such matter, please provide details to your Local Secretary. Thank you.

Tamaki Makaurau Flooding, State of Local Civil Defence Emergency

28 Jan

Last nights unprecedented weather event caused widespread havoc across the region with Fire and Emergency career and volunteer crews, operational support and 111 emergency dispatchers working to exhaustion, with all available FENZ resources at times being mobilised to incidents right across the region.

Season’s Greetings and Office Hours

22 Dec '22

The Auckland Local wishes all members a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. The Auckland Office will be closed from the afternoon of Friday 23 December 2022, reopening on Monday 9 January 2023.

Ratification Meeting next Tuesday 13th Dec at 5pm

8 Dec '22

As you will be well aware by now, we have finally reached an agreed term of settlement in the negotiation for a new CEA. The NZPFU is recommending members accept it and ratify the settlement offer. The National Committee has completely wrung out the sponge for every possible drop of benefit to members, and it's now our turn to act.