Pay discussions 2025: letter to fire service employers
Union leader warns Reeves of “threat to public safety” without increased funding
Matt Wrack, the general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, has written to Rachel Reeves ahead of Labour’s first budget, to call for urgent funding for the fire and rescue service. While welcoming Labour’s workers’ rights package, the union warned that this approach “must be reflected in funding...
Time to deliver: Join us on 8 October
On Tuesday 8 October, firefighters from every corner of the UK will descend on Westminster to demand that the new government delivers a fire and rescue service that is fit for the future. FBU general secretary Matt Wrack explains why. The result of the general election was a crushing blow for the...
FBU Annual Conference 2024
The announcement of a general election while this year’s FBU annual conference was in session emphasised its crucial role FBU annual conference 2024 took place between 22 and 24 May in Blackpool, with hundreds of delegates, observers and guests in attendance. Since the previous year’s gathering...
MEMBERS VOTE TO ACCEPT PAY DEAL
Firefighters and control room staff have voted to accept a pay offer from fire service employers; 73% accepted on a turnout of 60%. The national ballot closed on 17 May. The offer is for: 4% pay rise across the board UK-wide minimum of 26 weeks full-pay maternity leave significant increase in the...
If you want change, you must vote
Since the last issue of Firefighter, the FBU has held our annual conference and firefighters have voted to accept a pay settlement. Before the next issue is published, the UK will have a new government. Since 2010, the fire service has lost one in five firefighter jobs and 30% of its central...
