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Safe Crewing Taskforce Update

On behalf of the SOU Safe Crewing Taskforce (SCTF) Working Group and SOU Executive, the final report has now been issued. The final report can be accessed here;-SCTF Final Report 2021 or in ‘LINKS’ .The SCTF has provided the opportunity to raise and discuss important matters for Fire and Rescue

QFR SOU Sustainability Paper 2020

A Fire and Rescue Senior Officer sustainability paper has been produced that initially focuses on annual leave and long service leave arrangements that includes numbers of additional Fire and Rescue Senior Officers to cover our annual leave and long service leave types. To view this paper, see Links.

Updated Strategy Paper

The SOU Executive have updated the QFR SOU Strategy paper to reflect our current strategic challenges along with our role in QFES in providing a high level service to the Queensland community. To view this updated paper, click on the link on the Home page.

Current Office Bearers

The SOU elections have occurred with the results being ratified by the Queensland Electoral Office which take affect from the 1st February 2021 for a period of 3 years. Please click here for the SOU Executives and Branch Councillors 21 May 2021.

Agency Consultative Committee Meetings

As per the Certified Agreement 2019, the Agency Consultative Committee meetings have commenced between the SOU and QFES. Minutes of these meetings will be posted in the “Members Only’ area. Please login to view the minutes. If you have matters that you wish raised, please contact your respective Branch Councillor

Updated Certified Agreement 2019

As a result of the State wage freeze, the Certified Agreement 2019 has been updated to reflect the new wages and salaries implementation dates. The updated CA19 (6th August 2020) is available under ‘awards’.

Union Shopper

SOU members are reminded that the SOU is a financial member of the Union Shopper. The Union Shopper provides eligible union members with best possible savings through its collective buying power. The Union shopper has been helping affiliated union members to source great deals on an ever increasing range of