The Firefighting Industry Agreement expired in June 2021 and negotiations have not significantly progressed. Tasmanian Firefighters are the lowest paid in Australia. While bills are going up by more than 5%, the Tasmanian government is offering Firefighters 2.35% and 2.5% over two years.
Firefighters have asked the Premier to intervene in negotiations and he has not accepted our invitation to meet.
Firefighters are taking action to get negotiations moving forward. The list of current industrial activities in place are listed below:
- Displaying of UFU or campaign clothing/merch
- Distribution of UFU materials during work time
- Adjusting email signature to include campaign message
- No maintenance of hose
- No TOIL or 1am payments for training for operational capabilities
- No Casual Training Instruction
- Claim overtime for handover at start or end of shift
- Work to rule, claim all allowances, take breaks on time (NRSW & TFE)
- No Fire Reports, or AIRS Reports
- No off the desk side projects
- No working shifts at other brigades
- Making comment about TFS/DPFEM to public or media
- No working rostered shifts by NRSW to provide coverage between Mon – Fri (normal hours)
- No briefing notes to DPFEM/Government (including participation for promotional material)
- No facilitating the TasGRN project, attendance at workshops is permitted at this stage
- No participating in multi-agency or external exercises where TFS is not the lead agency
- No participation in Come and Try Days from 4 July 2022
