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SECTION G — INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION Jean Westwood Region 3 Bill Sunderland Region 4 Tim Gerrard Region 5 Thom Stitt Region 6 Sasha Farley Region 7 Norman Rees Region 8 Sharon Thorndyke Region 9 Paul Watts Region 12 Simon Jones Region 13 Sis Sue Offland, CSNC secretary, was absent due to a longterm illness. Sis Sasha Farley was endorsed by the committee to carry out administrative duties in Sue’s absence. The following officials were elected and endorsed by the committee: Vice chair National health, safety and welfare committee National fairness at work committee Political Firefighter rep Final appeals National education committee IRMP rep Lynda Rowan-O’Neill Kath Smith Sue Offland (Kath Smith and Bill Sunderland to substitute) Bill Sunderland Sharon Thorndyke Sue Offland (Sasha Farley to substitute) Jean Westwood Lynda Rowan-O’Neill The following joined the above committee the following day for the control staff national committee sectional AGM: Dave Green National officer Alan McLean President elect Attendees: Melanie Gibb Janet Lynn Margaret Mochan Gemma Lydl Caroline Saunderson Sarah Erratt Sarah Turner Helen Young Debbie Huckerby Karen Fletcher Vicky Thomas Michelle Quinn Dona Feltham Andrew Cooper The meeting opened with the chair’s welcome and report. A report was given on Sue Offland’s absence and the interim measures put in place. Alan McLean, president elect, then addressed the meeting. He started his address by thanking the CSNC for inviting him to attend in his role as president elect and by saying that in his opinion the biggest and longest fight the FBU had ever seen was the campaign against regional control centres. He assured the meeting that the president and national officials would still give 100% of their time and effort to ensure that the campaign came to its only right conclusion; that was for the project to be scrapped. He spoke about how hard working officials of the FBU are but they can only do so much, they need the membership to help them by attending branch meetings and supporting wherever they can. A union is only as strong as its membership and the membership is the union. Alan went on to speak about the changes we are all going to see with the Comprehensive Spending Review and the effects it will have on fire service budgets. The country has no money and lots of debt which this government has decided that the public sector will pay by shedding jobs, attacking pensions and cutting budgets, instead of going to the bankers and making them pay as they started the recession. It is going to be a time of belt tightening for us all and that includes the Fire Brigades Union. Sharon Riley then gave her national report to the AGM. Kath Smith gave the secretary’s report in Sue’s absence. She gave an overview of what the CSNC officials had been doing over the last 12 months: the control seminar that was held in April, the change in government and where that leaves us with the FiReControl project and the struggles ahead. The hard work and commitment of the committee was acknowledged, especially in light of the challenges they have in order to obtain ”reasonable” trade union leave in order to carry out their duties and responsibilities. The national rally on 17 November was highlighted and ways in which members can help by contacting their MP and attending. The following resolutions were then discussed: 1. PROTECTION IN THE EVENT OF INDUSTRIAL ACTION Given experience in the use of anti trade union legislation to nullify and weaken legitimate and lawful ballots for industrial action in industries outside of the fire and rescue service, FBU control members are concerned at the prospect of being used to weaken the effectiveness of industrial action in the services and controls in which they are not employed should the regional control project go ahead. This AGM calls on the executive council to obtain legal advice and develop a strategy prior to any move of FBU members to a regional control centre or LACC. This strategy to ensure FBU members cannot be forced to carry out work that will undermine the effectiveness of legitimate and lawful industrial action in fire and rescue services and/or regional control centres in which those control members are not employed. Progress to be reported back to the control staff national committee six months after annual conference 2011. REGION 3 – CARRIED 2. FIRE SERVICE CONTROL MERGERS This conference reiterates its opposition to the merging of 112 FBU Annual Report 2011
SECTION G — INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION any fire controls. The current provision of fire control must remain in the respective FRS. Any attempts to merge fire controls will be strongly opposed and the executive council will mount a campaign up to and including a ballot for industrial action. REGION 4 – CARRIED 3. PRIVATISATION OF FIRE CONTROLS This conference is totally opposed to any attempts to privatise fire controls. We believe that fire controls must remain in the employ of the fire service and remain subject to NJC conditions of service. Any attempts to privatise fire controls will be strongly opposed and the executive council will mount a campaign up to and including a ballot for industrial action. REGION 4 – CARRIED 4. ATTACKS ON LGPS PENSIONS This conference finds the attitude of the new coalition government on pensions extremely disturbing. Any attempts to worsen the LGPS must be vigorously opposed in a combined campaign with other unions affected. REGION 4 – CARRIED 5. REGIONAL/AMALGAMATED FIRE CONTROL ROOMS This AGM calls for a widening of the FBU campaign against any attempts to introduce regional fire control rooms, to include amalgamations and any similar projects. REGION 5 – CARRIED 6. REGIONAL/AMALGAMATED FIRE CONTROL ROOMS This AGM calls on all FBU members not to volunteer to take part in any work activity connected to the implementation of a regional or amalgamated fire control room. REGION 5 – CARRIED 7. PENSIONS (AMENDED) This AGM views with dismay the options for changes to public sector pension schemes contained in Lord Hutton’s review of public sector pensions. Those options include: ● the end of public sector pensions that are based on final salary; ● increased member contributions; ● increases to the retirement age. This AGM calls on the FBU to resist by any lawful means possible, including all forms of industrial action, any attempt to introduce changes detrimental to the Local Government Pension Scheme, Firefighters’ Pension Scheme or the New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme. REGION 5 – CARRIED 8. FUTURE OF FIRE SERVICE EMERGENCY CONTROLS (AMENDED) Conference is alarmed at recent developments regarding the future of the fire and rescue service in the UK and the potential impact on emergency fire controls. Regardless of any future changes to the fire and rescue service, conference demands that there should be no compulsory redundancies and that all fire control employees currently on Grey Book conditions of service remain so. REGION 1 – CARRIED 9. OUTSOURCING AND MERGERS OF FIRE CONTROLS As details of proposals to outsource/merge fire controls emerge, this AGM calls upon the FBU to extend its opposition to regional controls to resist proposals to outsource/merge fire controls. Emergency fire control staff perform a vital role and attempts to outsource/merge fire controls are nothing more than cost saving measures to the detriment of public and firefighter safety. REGION 12 – CARRIED 10. FIRECONTROL PROJECT This AGM is extremely concerned about the recent revelations concerning the inability of EADS to deliver a system fit for purpose for the FiReControl project. We call upon the executive council of the FBU to seek an immediate meeting with the CLG minister responsible for the fire service to determine the impact that this has on FBU members in current control rooms and further demand that CLG provides funding for existing fire controls to maintain their systems until such a time as the situation is resolved. REGION 12 – CARRIED It was decided by the committee at the end of the AGM that resolutions 1 and 10 would be taken to the EC directly to action. Resolutions to be taken to annual conference 2011 by the CSNC will be: ● ● ● 2, 5 and 9 to be composited to include all points, as agreed by the AGM; 4 and 7 to be composited to include all points, as agreed by the AGM; and 8 as amended. Delegates to attend annual conference 2011 Mandy Buchanan Region 3 Tim Gerrard Region 5 Sasha Farley Region 7 Simon Jones Region 13 Norman Rees Region 8 – Observer G9 Final appeals committee In accordance with the rules of the union, one official from each region/section was appointed by the 2010 annual conference to serve on the final appeals committee. Region/section Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Name Gavin Barrie Brian Stanfield Peter Wilcox FBU Annual Report 2011 113
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