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Firefighters welcome Labour manifesto commitment to increase frontline numbers

16 May, 2017 By infobo

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has warmly welcomed commitments made in the Labour Party manifesto for greater investment in the fire and rescue service. The manifesto, published today (16 May), confirms that Labour will recruit at least 3,000 new frontline firefighters, give fire services in England...

West Mids Fire Service is latest to protect workers with terminal illness

26 Apr, 2017 By infobo

West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service has become the latest employer to sign up to the Dying to Work campaign to protect people at work who are diagnosed with a terminal illness. Currently, the law allows employers to dismiss terminally ill workers if they fail a capability assessment with...

Individual pension queries and generic policy enquries

21 Apr, 2017

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Dear Brother/Sister INDIVIDUAL PENSION QUERIES AND GENERIC PENSION POLICY ENQUIRIES It is not uncommon for branch representatives and individual members to write to Head Office seeking information on...

FBU proud of its members who responded to the 'disgusting' Westminster attack

23 Mar, 2017 By infobo

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) is very proud of the firefighters who turned out to aid the rescue of victims of the Westminster terrorist attack. More than 25 London firefighters were at the scene yesterday following the 2.40pm attack, having been called to two ‘road traffic accidents’ at 2.45...

Firefighters under occupation

16 Mar, 2017 By William Murphy

Lack of even the most basic firefighting equipment prompted the FBU to contact Palestinian firefighters several years ago. Now a new film traces what happened when one FBU member returned. William Murphy spoke to him. The authorities in Israel had no problem with some FBU members flouting the...

And so it began...

06 Mar, 2017 By Helen Hague

The FBU was born at a time of social upheaval, when London police officers were on strike during a world war, writes Helen Hague. When thousands of striking police officers marched on Downing Street in late August 1918, women’s suffrage campaigner Sylvia Pankhurst sensed revolutionary fervour in...

Crew cuts could end up killing firefighters, warns FBU

15 Feb, 2017 By infobo

Firefighters could be killed if plans to cut the size of a fire crew are adopted, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has warned. Hereford and Worcester Fire Authority will vote Wednesday (15 February) on whether to cut the number of firefighters in each fire crew, from five to four, in a desperate bid to...

Calls for full disclosure of police spying amid cover up claims

10 Feb, 2017 By infobo

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has demanded that the Metropolitan Police Service hand over all of its files concerning the surveillance of union members and officials, after it was revealed that police have destroyed records relating to spying on politicians and campaigners. The call comes in the...

Do you have stories, pictures or memorabilia about firefighters? Because we want them

06 Dec, 2016 By infobo

In 2018, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) will celebrate 100 years since it was founded to represent firefighters and the fire service. Now the union is asking its members, the public, local newspapers and historians to contribute in the run up to its centenary. The FBU wants anyone who may have...

FBU lobby Westminster MP's for improved professional standards

29 Nov, 2016 By infobo

Around 200 FBU activists took to Westminster today (29 Nov) to campaign for greater professional standards in the fire and rescue service to better protect firefighters. The lobby of Parliament came after the union published a 90-page report about Manchester firefighter Stephen Hunt who was killed...

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