Round 2 against O’Farrell’s IR laws – 8 September

With the O’Farrell Coalition Government refusing to restore the rights of public sector workers in NSW, it’s time to step up the campaign.

FBEU members have already campaigned at community rallies, at meetings with MPs, and at meetings with local councils. The next step is the second major Macquarie Street rally to be held, bringing together public sector workers, their unions and community members on Thursday 8 September 2011.

FBEU members will assemble at 1130 hours outside St Mary’s Cathedral on College St. At 1200 hours we will move to the Domain to join other unions and from there along Macquarie Street, past NSW Parliament and concluding at Hyde Park.

This protest will follow a widely-predicted horror state budget that same week and is expected to be considerably larger than the first rally which saw 12,000 workers descend on Parliament House at short notice.

It is important that FBEU members join with other public sector workers and the broader community to resist this Government’s attacks on our wages, our conditions and (as hundreds of health and transport workers have already found out) our jobs.

This will be largest gathering public sector workers in many years, if not ever. Bring the family – Please print this out at your station, and spread the word via email.

More information in regard to on duty involvement will be distributed to firefighters via SITREP, the FBEU web site, and forum – stay tuned.

In Union,