Pay Equity for Tasmanian Firefighters

The government spent 6 months asking UFU members to explain why a trade qualified firefighter should be paid equivalent to other trade qualified state service employees. When they realised they could not think of any reasonable logic to oppose this proposition, they simply claimed that it wouldn't be useful to compare firefighters to other workers. It's time for the government to deliver pay equity for firefighters.

The government is again threatening to withhold an additional 12 months of backpay if Firefighters do not agree to the current offer, which would continue to see our Firefighters receive the lowest pay, the lowest superannuation and the lowest allowances in the country.

After months of delays, the government is returning to the negotiating table. This would not have happened without support from the community (voters) telling the government to return to negotiations.

The government has been caught out lying again. They told journalists that Firefighters walked away from negotiations, but we turned up to the meeting and they didn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REbYmNRTJpw

With inflation set to rise to 7%, and local Firefighters already 10% behind the mainland, the Tasmanian government has not changed their pay offer of 2.35% and 2.5%. This government's position would see Tasmanian Firefighters fall further behind compared to other states and compared to bills.

Does this government think that Tasmanian Firefighters should be paid less than Firefighters in other states?

The transcript speaks for itself:

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