Election campaigning: an appeal for decency - stop personal abuse
Labour sets out plan for new structure to set national standards in the fire service
The Fire Brigades Union has welcomed a commitment from the Labour Party to transform the fire and rescue service by giving firefighters and their union a voice in how it is run. Speaking today in front of firefighters in Dewsbury and Batley, a key battleground constituency, Shadow Home Secretary...
Firefighters to oppose “dangerous” under-crewing policy at Merseyside fire authority meeting
Today firefighters will be gathering outside a Merseyside fire authority meeting ahead of a vote on reducing crew sizes to “dangerous” levels. The fire authority’s Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP) includes proposals to send firefighters to ‘non-life’ risk incidents with a crew of three on a...
Labour pledges on fire service and workers’ rights “vital first step” says trade union leader
The Fire Brigades Union has responded to the Labour Party manifesto, welcoming commitments to improve the fire and rescue service and strengthen workers’ rights. Labour has committed to scrap anti-union laws which seek to ban firefighters and control staff from taking effective strike action, and to...
Northamptonshire PFCC position "untenable" after sexist remarks, says union
Stephen Mold, the Police Fire and Crime Commissioner (PFCC) for Northamptonshire has been reported as using sexist language in a meeting with firefighters in relation to the county's new Chief Fire Officer, Nikki Watson. He has not denied that he used this language, and referred himself to the fire...
Union demands action over firefighters having to strip to underwear in public
The FBU has written to His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services and the fire minister highlighting “chronic management inaction” in relation to reports of firefighters in Kent having to strip to their underwear in full view of colleagues and the public. In May, FBU...
Union demands action over firefighters having to strip to underwear in public
The FBU has written to His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services and the fire minister highlighting “chronic management inaction” in relation to reports of firefighters in Kent having to strip to their underwear in full view of colleagues and the public. In May, FBU...
