Please refer to the Notice of 12 October.
The Union is informed that as a consequence of the Notice, Management in some locations have adopted the position that because VSO’s are not specifically mentioned they can be forced to attend said training.
To make it absolutely clear – VSO’s are caught by the Notice, the simplest position is that all Union members are covered by the Notice.
As members will be aware, several health and safety concerns were raised with Fire and Emergency by the Local with respect to the commissioning exercises undertaken at the City Rail Link.
Following the close of nominations for the election of the Central Branch positions of Branch Secretary, Branch President and Branch Vice President, I received one nomination for Branch Vice President and nominations for Branch President and Branch Secretary .
Following the close of nominations for the election of the Southern Branch positions of Branch Secretary, Branch President and Branch Vice President, I had received one nomination for each position.