THE AUSTRALIAN WORKERS’ UNION
BUSH FIREFIGHTING
DBCA Delegates meet in Bunbury
16.8% PAY INCREASE SECURED - NOT WITHOUT A FIGHT AWU Bush Firies took industrial action and achieved a landmark pay deal increasing their base rate by 16.8% over a three year agreement. This outcome was a direct result of two industrial actions taken by members who applied pressure on the State Government in the middle of the prescibed burning season. Our members undertook a ban on overtime interupting the prescibed burning program and
ultimately forcing DBCA to listen to our members concerns and increase their base rate.
When workers stand together they are stronger together.
We took action together and achieved a deal that provides you with improved pay and conditions and recommit to ensure the fire agreement is just as good. We couldn’t talk about our DBCA bush firefighters without acknowledging their efforts in December fighting fires north of Geraldton and in Ravensthorpe. Thank you for everything you do keeping our communities safe from bushfires, we simply cannot thank you all enough. Our DBCA members embodied this and through their solidarity have achieved the most significant uplift in their base rate of pay in recent memory. The AWU kept our promise made in the Year in Review 2024 - that we would not relent like our members when they fight fires
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