As firefighters, along with almost 3.8 million other public sector workers, face losing the right to pay their union subscriptions direct from their pay packets, a process known as check-off, Firefighter investigates the impact of these changes on trade unions as well as detailing how FBU members can keep themselves protected.
Firefighter also hears from former Cambridgeshire rep Kerry Baigent, who recently won a constructive dismissal case against her former employers, and FBU campaigns organiser Dan Celardi writes about how members can organise against government attacks on the fire and rescue service.
Other contributions come from the Firefighters Charity and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).
