The past eight years have seen huge challenges to all workers in the public sector – and to their unions – as a result of the pay freeze and unprecedented levels of cuts as a result of austerity...
Conference recognises the increasing pressures placed upon Brigade Officials. Since the demise of the Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council and national attendance standards being replaced by IRMPs...
South Yorkshire as amended by Merseyside and Shropshire
Conference notes the varied nature and number of shift patterns in operation throughout the United Kingdom Fire and Rescue Services. Furthermore, that some shift patterns exist with collective...
Conference condemns the prolonged and sustained financial attacks from successive governments on the UK Fire and Rescue Services. Chief Fire Officers and Fire Authorities consistently ‘fall into line’...
Hereford and Worcester as amended by South Yorkshire and Merseyside
Conference opposes the opportunistic methods employed by Brigades to impose an agenda of cuts to operational staff in the name of modernisation. Conference instructs Officials that when a Fire and...
Conference is appalled by the Grenfell tower fire on 14 June 2017 and stands in solidarity with the victims, survivors and residents affected by it. Conference resolves to fight to ensure such a...
Conference notes that the Fire Brigades Union has been the independent union for firefighters, which includes control members, in the UK for almost a century. It has been the irreplaceable...
Conference notes the legal advice received by the union from Thompsons on 24 April 2017 on health and safety representation. This advice arose from the findings of the inquest into the death of Bro...
Conference notes the recent developments in relation to firefighters’ pay and conditions, including; • The publication of the University of Hertfordshire report on the emergency medical response (EMR)...
Conference notes the announcement made on 18 April 2017 by Tory Prime Minister Theresa May to hold a general election on 8 June 2017. Conference notes that this general election has been called to...
