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Celebration Of New Zealand Having The First Career Women Firefighters In The Commonwealth
Tuesday, 11 July 2023, 7:07 pm | NZPFU
Today the first women career firefighters in New Zealand and the Commonwealth will be celebrated at a function hosted by the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (the NZPFU). The 40th anniversary of women career firefighters ticked over in 2021 ... More >>
Warnings By Firefighters And Rescue Crews Fall On Deaf Ears
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 9:15 pm | NZPFU
Whilst Auckland and Northland firefighters, both career and volunteer, are facing yet another 1 in 100 year flood this year, it is apparent that climate change is here to stay. We need to ensure we adapt and remain vigilant to ensure that safety ... More >>
Ratification Romps Home With 97.7% Voting For The Agreement
Sunday, 18 December 2022, 8:16 pm | NZPFU
NZPFU members turned out in force across the country to vote to accept the proposed settlement of the 2021-2024 collective agreement as recommended by the Union’s National Committee. There was high turnout at the 26 meetings ratification meetings ... More >>
NZPFU Cancels Friday Strike
Friday, 25 November 2022, 1:56 pm | NZPFU
The NZPFU has called off Friday 25 November’s strike after receiving a revised position from FENZ late afternoon of Thursday 24 November. The omnibus of bans continues unaffected. The parties met on Tuesday but failed to finalise the negotiations as ... More >>
Monday's Strike Cancelled As NZPFU And FENZ To Meet On Monday
Friday, 25 November 2022, 9:34 am | NZPFU
Yesterday, members were advised that today’s (Friday) strike was cancelled as FENZ had provided a revised position on outstanding matters that demonstrated movement but not all matters for inclusion in the collective agreement were resolved. We also ... More >>
Joint NZPFU FENZ Statement
Friday, 11 November 2022, 9:37 am | NZPFU
The NZPFU and Fire and Emergency have held two days of negotiations this week which has included an exchange of proposals and consideration of different modelling options that incorporated a proposed funding injection by Government. A representative of ... More >>
NZPFU Cancels Tomorrows Strike
Thursday, 10 November 2022, 3:28 pm | NZPFU
The NZPFU and FENZ have been negotiating over the past two days and significant progress has been made but settlement is yet to be reached. As a result the NZPFU National Committee has determined to cancel tomorrow’s (Friday 11 November) strike ... More >>
NZPFU FENZ Bargaining Update
Wednesday, 9 November 2022, 3:39 pm | NZPFU
The NZPFU and FENZ met today for bargaining and discussions are continuing. FENZ put up a new model for settlement which included incorporating the proposed funding injection that the Government proposed last week. Both parties have work do so separately ... More >>
NZPFU Withdraws Today's Firefighter Strike Action
Friday, 4 November 2022, 9:41 am | NZPFU
NZPFU members are advised to continue their duties and are not to stop work at 11am. The omnibus bans remain in place. Over the past 24 hours there has been movement with the Government putting up a proposal that would assist with settlement. But ... More >>
NZPFU FENZ Bargaining Update
Thursday, 27 October 2022, 6:24 pm | NZPFU
Today the NZPFU and FENZ met for the first time since the release of the Graeme Colgan report. The parties discussed the application of the recommendations and principles. A settlement structure was discussed which if implemented would address the key principles ... More >>
Report Finds Firefighters Are Understaffed And Underpaid, Calls For Prompt Attention To Health And Wellbeing Issue
Friday, 21 October 2022, 11:32 pm | NZPFU
Today the independent Mediator’s Report into the NZPFU and FENZ collective bargaining agreement was released setting out strong principles for the pathway to settlement for the agreement. Attached is a copy of the Final Report and a copy of the NZPFU ... More >>
NZ Professional Firefighters Union: Solid Foundation Of Principles For Settlement
Friday, 14 October 2022, 7:19 pm | NZPFU
The NZPFU and FENZ received Graeme Colgan’s final Report with recommendations for the way forward in collective agreement negotiations this afternoon. The report was the result of a mediated facilitation process agreed with the Minister Jan Tinetti. ... More >>
NZPFU Gives Notice Of Strike Action
Friday, 5 August 2022, 5:47 am | NZPFU
The NZPFU has issued notices of one-hour strike action to occur on Friday 19 August and again on Friday 26 August 2022. FENZ is on notice that all NZPFU members will stop work from 11am to 12 noon on Friday 19th August and again on Friday 26th August. ... More >>
FENZ Tries To Gag Volunteers With Thinly Veiled Threats
Tuesday, 21 June 2022, 7:31 pm | NZPFU
Today Fire and Emergency New Zealand rural and urban volunteers received an email from the Deputy National Commander which included the following: “As this a matter between Fire and Emergency and the NZPFU, I appreciate you continuing to undertake ... More >>
Firefighters Rescue Man From House Fire Overnight
Saturday, 18 June 2022, 1:15 pm | NZPFU
Minutes are the difference between life and death Last night Parnell career firefighters rescued a man in his 20s from a house fire in Orakei. But today there are not enough career firefighters to staff Parnell Station. Last night Parnell did have sufficient ... More >>
