Lobbying

Firefighters have launched an online petition against the government’s current attacks on their pensions. As well as collecting signatures on picket lines during last week’s strike, firefighters will also be encouraging supporters to fill in the online petition to pressure the government into seeing...

During yesterday’s strike, firefighters across the country engaged with the public on the issue of government attacks on pensions. Thousands of signatures were collected supporting our campaign, and the Fire Brigades Union is hoping to add many more as the campaign continues. If you would like to...

Firefighters in Wales will march on the Welsh Assembly on Wednesday in protests against attacks on their pensions. From noon until 4pm, firefighters across England and Wales will be on strike over ‘unsafe, unfair and unworkable’ pension proposals. Member of the Fire Brigades Union will assemble at...

Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary appeared at the Communities and Local Government Select Committee at Westminster on Monday 9 September. The committee is investigating Ken Knight’s report on the fire and rescue service, published in June, which the FBU believes is a fig-leaf for cuts. The film of...

A delegation of firefighters and residents from Torquay visited 10 Downing Street today in the latest effort to stop cuts to local fire and rescue services. Four members of the Fire Brigades Union Torquay branch alongside fire authority members Vic Ellery, Stephen Brooksbanks and Kevin Foster Torbay...

London firefighters this morning confronted Boris Johnson at a protest outside Mayor’s Questions Time against the closure of 10 fire stations, removal of 14 engines and slashing of 588 frontline firefighter jobs. Members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) joined the demo outside City Hall, before...

The use of websites, social media (such as Twitter and Facebook), online forums and blogs can be a powerful way for firefighters to stand up for the fire and rescue service and set out our arguments to the public. Life online is also a fundamental part of modern existence, and firefighters have the...

The Fire Brigades Union has said it will hold a national demonstration and rally in Westminster on 16 October 2013. As well as the ongoing campaign against attacks on pensions – and the prospect of mass sackings as firefighters expected to work until 60 fail fitness tests as they age – firefighters...

Now that FBU members have voted 4:1 in favour of a national strike over attacks on pensions, all our efforts are focused on convincing the government to return to the negotiating table and find an agreement that is safe and fair for everyone. You can help with this work by writing to your MP asking...