Organising

Union organising continues apace, Conference delegates call for substantial increase in retaining fees and FBU secures substantial payment for members in Warwickshire.

Sedgley’s Mark Walker on transferring to wholetime, East Sussex FBU in recruitment boost and salary scheme gets a cautious welcome in Cornwall.

We are busy, please call back. £1.4 billion on regional controls – this is what you’ll get. Flood response: union asks why the Government is still refusing a statutory duty, Weymouth crews campaign against cuts, boost in central Scotland firefighter numbers and treatment of disabled firefighters...

FBU member Shane Bedward on how the union stood by him during troubled times, two Humberside RDS stations saved and union warns against electrinic monitoring for pay.

Historic legal victory end discrimination against RDS firefighters, closures in Humberside deferred and RDS membership rises though recruitment campaign.

Rule 3 of our Rule Book identifies the first object of the Union as being: “To organise all those employed under the National Joint Council Scheme of Conditions of Service for Local Authority Fire and Rescue Services”.

How do full-time employers approach RDS firefighters on their payroll? Big increase in RDS members, new selection process 'not appropriate' for RDS recruits and an interview with Justin Crimplin of Malvern Fire Station.

FBU: What's in it for you? A look at how the retained duty system keep Bewdley in Hereford and Worcester Fire Station running 24/7 and Highlands and Islands launch £4million recruitment campaign.

Meet the new recruits, closing the employment gap and a look at Sedgley, the only retained station in the West Midlands.

The double professional lives of many firefighters working in the retained duty system in the North East, pusing the Fire Service to recruit more and pension battle heads to the Lords.