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Greater Manchester firefighters step up fight against mass sackings

By infobo
A meeting of representatives from fire stations across Greater Manchester has today agreed to step up the campaign against the threat to sack all shift based firefighters. Matt Wrack, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), said: “This is a disgraceful attack on dedicated and hard...
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Government cuts whipping up 'perfect storm' of public safety risk

By infobo
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) told delegates at this year's TUC annual congress that government funding cuts are stretching the fire and rescue service beyond the limit and putting lives at risk. More than 9,600 firefighter jobs have gone since 2010, with fire stations closing all over the UK and...

Pay: No easy answer, but we will continue to challenge the government.

By Matt Wrack
The National Joint Council has agreed an increase in pay rates of 1%, applying from 1 July. A central policy of the Tory government, the public sector pay squeeze means FBU members and their families have seen living standards fall since the financial crash. The anger over this was reflected at our...
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A key role in history and firefighting

By Helen Hague
Firefighters and their union have been at the forefront of many key developments in the fire and rescue service, research for the FBU’s centenary confirms. Helen Hague reports. By the end of 2018, FBU members and the public should know a great deal more about the history of the firefighters’ union...
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Owen Smith as a champion of workers rights a 'welcome conversion'

By Anna Zych
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has hit back at Labour leader contender Owen Smith’s latest attack on Jeremy Corbyn, deeming his attempt to win the title champion of workers’ rights as ‘a welcome conversion’. At his first rally as hopeful Labour Party leader, Smith declared Corbyn not ‘bold enough’ to...
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Stop the coup against Corbyn

By infobo
Matt Wrack, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), responding to the resignations of several Labour MPs from the shadow cabinet, said: “Trade unionists and Labour Party members will be baffled and angry about these resignations that appear to have been coordinated to cause maximum...
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WATCH: Emergency medical responding trials extended

By infobo
The Fire Brigades Union has agreed to an extension of the emergency medical responding (EMR) trials that are currently underway in over 30 fire and rescue services. The union says the extension, which will now run until February 2017, is needed in order to fully examine the trials and evaluate...
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Farewell Ken Cameron

By Matt Wrack
Our former general secretary Ken Cameron, a popular, well-known figure in the trade union movement at home and internationally, has died. Born in Scotland, Ken joined the fire service in Birmingham and rapidly became involved in the FBU. He addressed his first conference in 1966 and later became a...
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Tributes paid to former FBU general secretary Ken Cameron

By infobo
The Fire Brigades Union is extremely saddened to hear of the death of its former general secretary Ken Cameron who died Monday, 16 May 2016 at the age of 74. Ken Cameron, who led the FBU through some very challenging times during his leadership between 1980 and 2000, was very well liked and...
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