Report - Fire Brigades Union

Section
National
Joint Council
A1 Introduction
The union appointed the following representatives to the
National Joint Council for 2010:
Bro M Wrack (Employees’ side joint secretary)
Bro A Dark
Bro M Shaw (Employees’ side chairperson
and NJC vice chair)
Bro A McLean
Bro R Robertson
Bro J Barbour
Bro M Smith
Sis S Riley
Bro J Ford
Bro T Mitchell
Bro W Gee
Bro D Green
Bro T McFarlane
Bro M Nicholas
The National Joint Council met on the following dates in 2010:
16 March
15 June
30 September
A2 Report of the independent
chair of the NJC/MMNB
The report of the independent chair of the National Joint
Council (NJC), Prof Monojit Chatterji, was tabled at the
meeting of the NJC held on 30 September 2010.
The National Joint Council for Local Authority Fire and Rescue
Services, including the Middle Managers Negotiating Body
(MMNB), is the body responsible for the supervision, from a
national point of view, of all questions affecting the conditions
of service of employees (other than those in brigade
management roles) of fire and rescue services established
under the Fire Services Act 2004. The NJC handles issues that
affect all employees. The MMNB has plenary powers to deal
with issues which affect employees solely in the roles of
station to area manager.
The principal purpose is to reach agreement on a national
framework of pay and conditions for local application
throughout the fire and rescue service in the United Kingdom.
The NJC and MMNB are committed to the local democratic
control of the fire and rescue services to the community.
The parties to the negotiation are the employers’ side
comprising representatives of the Local Government
Association, Welsh Local Government Association, Convention
of Scottish Local Authorities and the Northern Ireland Fire and
Rescue Service and the employees’ side comprising
representatives of the Fire Brigades Union and the Fire
Officers Association.
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