As the New Zealand firefighters industrial campaign starts to bite, the NZ Government and Fire Service plan to scour Australia and other countries to find recruits to do training work in contravention of Union bans.

NZ firefighters and their Union, the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU), are locked in a serious industrial dispute with their employer and Government over wages, conditions and the negotiation of a collective agreement.

Uncool management plan
As part of the campaign, the Union has placed a ban on training people, who are to be deployed to the Antarctic, in firefighting techniques. In an attempt to break the deadlock and get around these bans, word is out that the NZ Fire Service and Government will try to recruit scab labour from outside New Zealand; Australia is being eyed off as a possible source.

The UFUA is asking Members to report  to the Union any activity by the New Zealand or any Australian Fire Service that points to this going on.

More information:
Alert the UFUA to suspicious recruiting activity.

Check developments in the NZ firefighters industrial battle on the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) website.

View the action from the recent Mt Roskill Fire Station opening picket line and protest, part of the continuing industrial campaign for fair wage and conditions for New Zealand firefighters.