Lobbying

The Guardian newspaper recently ran a poll of website visitors on firefighters' strikes over the festive period. The question asked: "Members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) are set to strike on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve over a long-running dispute on pensions. What do you think – should...

A high resolution poster for the pensions campaign is now available online. You can download a copy here (broken dropbox link removed).

An East Sussex lecturer and her husband have donated £50 to firefighters’ campaign over pensions and retirement age after a local crew helped deal with an incident in their home. Dr Paula James and her husband phoned 999 after smoke from their wood-burning stove set off a fire alarm. “A crew from...

The fight against the government’s attacks on pensions and retirement age is at a critical stage. Fire Brigades Union officials across the country have reported that firefighters are keen to campaign in other ways on non-strike days to maximise pressure on the government. As a result, the FBU’s...

At a demonstration in central London today against fire service cuts and changes in firefighters’ pension arrangements which will force firefighters to work until they are 60 instead of 55, Fire Brigades Union General Secretary Matt Wrack said the government was putting everyone’s safety at risk....

Ahead of the demonstration of firefighters and their supporters in London on Wednesday, the Fire Brigades Union has launched a national petition against cuts to fire and rescue services. You can sign the petition at http://bit.ly/FBUcutspetition

Firefighters presented evidence on Northern Ireland’s Public Service Pensions Bill on Wednesday at the Assembly’s Finance and Personnel Committee. Fire Brigades Union General Secretary, Matt Wrack, National Officer, Sean Starbuck, Vice President, Jim Barbour, and Northern Ireland Secretary, Jim...

Across the country, firefighters are gearing up for the national demonstration against cuts to the fire and rescue service and government attacks on pensions in London on Wednesday 16 October. From Norfolk alone, 100 Fire Brigades Union members have confirmed their attendance, with a coach and...

The Fire Brigades Union has organised a national demonstration in London on Wednesday 16 October. This is an opportunity for firefighters, our families and friends to tell the Westminster government to stop cutting our fire and rescue service and to provide decent pensions for all. An FBU leaflet...