NSW:Officers to vote against radical action

AAP General News (Australia)
12-08-2011
NSW:Officers to vote against radical action

The police union is expected to vote against ramping up industrial action against the
New South Wales government's changes to the death and disability scheme.

Last month officers voted in support of escalating their action to only responding
to urgent or life-threatening situations.

But the executive of the state's Police Association is expected to vote against the
move at a Sydney meeting today after a warning from the Industrial Relations Commission
that a police pay claim would be blocked while the union continues its action.

An association spokesman says it's likely the executive will decide that now is not
the time to escalate industrial action, but says the association will continue to campaign
against the changes to the death and disability scheme up to the next state election.

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