Trade unions

A mass picnic and festival will be held at Catcliffe Recreation Ground on the anniversary of the ‘Battle of Orgreave’, campaigners have announced. The event, taking place between 11am and 7pm on Saturday 14 June, has been organised by the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign and the Justice for...

Firefighters are getting behind efforts to raise money to create a new film about the Miners’ Strike. Fire Brigades Union general secretary, Matt Wrack, pledged his union’s support for ‘Still the Enemy Within’ at a special fundraising launch event at Somerset House on Tuesday evening. Wrack, said:...

Messages of support for firefighters have been sent to the Fire Brigades Union ahead of industrial action on Friday and Monday over pensions and retirement age. Jan Willem Goudriaan, deputy secretary of the European Federation of Public Service Unions, said: “The FBU’s action in September was...

The FBU, CWU and Dartmouth Films have come together to support a brand new, feature length documentary about the 1984/5 miners’ strike. They are co-hosting a launch event for the films crowd funding campaign at Somerset House on 12 November, which is expected to be attended by well-known guests such...

Commenting on today’s industrial action by members of the CWU over closures, franchising, job losses in post offices, Matt Wrack, General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union said: “Firefighters are united with post office workers in the campaign against unnecessary and damaging attacks on all...

Firefighters from New South Wales in Australia have send solidarity to their UK counterparts ahead of strike action on Wednesday. Firefighters in England and Wales will walk out for four hours on 25 September over government attacks on pensions. And now as well as messages of support from the public...

North American firefighters have written to their UK counterparts to offer solidarity in the campaign to protect fire and rescue services. Harold A Schaitberger, General President of the International Association of Fire Fighters, wrote to Fire Brigades Union General Secretary Matt Wrack last week...

The Fire Brigades Union has criticised the government for its failure to appoint the union-nominated candidate to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) board, the watchdog for workers’ safety and health in Britain. The board has throughout its 40-year existence always had three trade union...