Trade unions

Reacting to the publication of a review by Bruce Carr QC that alleges union intimidation of strike breaking forces during industrial disputes, Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, said: “This review, a tax payer funded exercise on behalf of the Tory Party, is a series of smears against the Fire...

The FBU backed show Pits and Perverts will be on stage in London and Belfast this October, returning after a successful run last year. Set in 1984 at the height of the miners’ strike, Pits and Perverts tells the uplifting story of the Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) group and their...

Scottish members of the Fire Brigades Union have today elected Stephen Thomson as their new regional secretary. Thompson, who won 80% of the vote, is a firefighter from Larbert and has worked for the fire service in Scotland for 20 years. Stephen Thompson, regional secretary of the FBU in Scotland...

The FBU has received several messages of support from other trade unions and organisations as well as members of the public. Peter Hammarin, head of department at Kommunal, the Swedish Municipal Workers’ Union, said that his organisation thought that the government’s proposals were “unreasonable”...

An online petition to save Hertfordshire firefighter, Ashley Brown, from the sack has attracted over 5,000 signatures in under 11days. The petition calls for the Cheshunt firefighter to be reinstated following his dismissal by Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service for discussing strike action on...

Firefighters in England and Wales will join hundreds of thousands of other public sector workers taking strike action on Thursday 10 July, the Fire Brigades Union has announced. The long-running dispute over firefighters’ pensions will see a further day of strikes at the same time as a walk out by...

As firefighters in England and Wales undertake another period of strike action over attacks on their pensions, the Fire Brigades Union has received many messages of support. Frances O’Grady, general secretary of the Trade Union Congress, said: “It is regrettable that the government is still not...

The People’s Assembly will be marching through London on Saturday 21 June, coinciding with the FBU’s next day of strike action, protesting against the governments austerity policies. Supporters of the group, which is a national movement campaigning against cuts and the privatisation of government...