IFESA (irish fire and emergency service assoc.)

ivabiggon

well it has been launched and is now affiliated to the PNA.
just a quick link to it facebook page, and good riddance to siptu.:D:D:D

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=212417661369&v=wall

ivabiggon

also if we could get some support for saving the Dublin Fire Brigade Swords ambulance from been taken of the road.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/SAVE-the-swords-ambulance/164219980267074

demonstration march next monday, you don't have to be in uniform just have a strong voice.
i'm am sure there are many here from the north county Dublin area that have benefited from this service since it was put in place by the fire brigade, just let the HSE and local authority know that the health budget cuts shouldn't start with the most vital front line of services. That what mary harney said it wouldn't effect front line services and here we are??
support if you can
thank you

iv

Tango Alpha 51

Thats great news buddy. NASRA (National Ambulance Service Representative Association) also launched last week. I'd love to say it was fun with SIPTU but i'd be lying. Hope ye get the support from your own lads with the new association.

Delancey

Good luck with the new associations , having once paid SIPTU dues I can say they are a waste of space ( and my money :mad: ).

But a note of caution - it was said by , I think , George Bernard Shaw that the '' first item on the agenda of a new organisation is a split '' :rolleyes:

Hope it goes well...........

Smokey Bear

Letter doing the rounds ,


IFESA Station House, The Waterways, Sallins, Co Kildare


23/11/10

For the Attention of all Fire Fighters

I am delighted to confirm that the members of the PNA have voted by a majority of 90% to extend full membership to our front line colleagues in the Fire Fighters and Ambulance Paramedic Services. It is now agreed that the PNA will have a re-organised structure of 3 Sections:
IFEMSA Section for Fire Fighters
NASRA Section for Ambulance Paramedics
PNA Section for Nurses
Each Section will have an independent role on behalf of their membership within the strategic alliance which is the PNA. Every member, whether nurse, fire fighter or ambulance paramedic will be an equal member of the organisation with the full rights that membership brings.
In any dispute truth is the first casualty. However, the PNA has built its reputation on its integrity. We will address matters truthfully to the point of bluntness, even when that truth is unpopular. There are many who will fight this development, who will seek to mislead Fire Fighters that in some way they will not be full members but some kind of associate members; this is of course nonsense. But be warned: There will be many more lies proffered by those who wish to stop this development.
I am delighted that we have been able to offer to our Front Line Colleagues the opportunity to have an independent voice on behalf of Fire Fighters and Paramedics so that the issues of importance to the membership are highlighted and that threats to the safety of the community we serve can be highlighted by those who are experts by training and experience in their own service.
As we move forward we will appoint Industrial Relations Officers who are specialist in their own service, who can represent the interests of their own members with an expertise developed on the front line. We will also review the title of the Organisation and consider all proposals which will emerge from each organisation and indeed the members.
It is undoubtedly the case that we are currently operating in the most challenging environment ever for workers and their representatives. However, this too will pass. We must identify our ambitions and aspirations for our members and for the community on the basis of immediate, short term, medium term and long term objectives. We must commit to you, our members, that we will pursue your issues, your claims and your concerns as instructed by you; without fear or favour.
Yours Respectfully,
Des Kavanagh,
General Secretary

supermedic

Just wondering how the membership numbers are coming along with NASRA. It would appear that SIPTU have not received any resignation forms from any region of the Country as of yesterday. Maybe people are hedging their bets and trying to hold dual membership, just in case !

I hear NASRA had one person attend a meeting in the NE a few days back.

u2gooner

They may be waiting a while and still 'counting members' if they are waiting for resignation letters. Most people simply cancelled their dues

supermedic

If you simply cancel your subscriptions, you just become a member in arrears, you're still a SIPTU member. Not sure it does the credibility of the new union much good if all it's members are still in SIPTU. If anyone has real conviction and faith in the new union, they should be upfront enough to formally resign from SIPTU

Tango Alpha 51

supermedic wrote: »

Just wondering how the membership numbers are coming along with NASRA. It would appear that SIPTU have not received any resignation forms from any region of the Country as of yesterday. Maybe people are hedging their bets and trying to hold dual membership, just in case !

I hear NASRA had one person attend a meeting in the NE a few days back.

Has someone told you that SIPTU have not received any resignation forms yet?. I know that the majority of members in my station sent in letters en masse to the local office resigning from SIPTU & they also cancelled their deductions re same.

I have been to meetings re NASRA where the turnout was high.

Obviously you are going to have members who wish to remain with SIPTU & that's their right. It takes time to grow membership of any new union so from what I'm led to believe the numbers are growing at a fast rate

wickman

ivabiggon wrote: »

well it has been launched and is now affiliated to the PNA.
just a quick link to it facebook page, and good riddance to siptu.:D:D:D

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=212417661369&v=wall

Hi guys where can i get more info on I F E SA I am a union rep for a retained fire fighters in wicklow , I have a lot of guys who would be intrested in joining but would like to know about you and who will be repersenting us and experience,s they have thanks you

u2gooner

wickman wrote: »

Hi guys where can i get more info on I F E SA I am a union rep for a retained fire fighters in wicklow , I have a lot of guys who would be intrested in joining but would like to know about you and who will be repersenting us and experience,s they have thanks you

PM sent!

GY A1

hiya u2gooner
could you send me more info to pls,

not impressed with current union as mentioned above,

can spread the info

regards

u2gooner

GY A1 wrote: »

hiya u2gooner
could you send me more info to pls,

not impressed with current union as mentioned above,

can spread the info

regards

PM Sent!