26 Aug 2022

Firefighters to hold second nationwide strike

From Morning Report, 8:37 am on 26 August 2022

Firefighters nationwide are walking off the job again today, their second strike in a week.

They say they feel undervalued and unheard on issues of safety, staffing and lack of resources.

The Professional Firefighters Union says Fire and Emergency refused mediation this week.

Fire and Emergency says it's applied for facilitated bargaining, after 13 months of negotiations with the union to no avail.

Fire and Emergency's national commander Russell Wood spoke to Susie Ferguson.