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'Disappointing and ill-judged': Fire Brigades Union response to HMICFRS State of Fire report

20 Jan, 2023 By Alice Dann

The Fire Brigades Union has responded to His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services State of Fire and Rescue 2022 report. The report, conducted by new Chief Inspector Andy Cooke, endorsed the ongoing attacks on firefighters' right to democratically organise outlined in the...

New anti-worker legislation planned; Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

16 Jan, 2023

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Dear Brother/Sister New anti-worker legislation planned; Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill On 10 January 2023, business secretary Grant Shapps introduced new anti-union laws designed to undermine...

Solidarity with nurses

Pat Cullen, general secretary and chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing, urges solidarity and support between firefighters and nurses as both contemplate strike action to protect patients and the public Nurses have said enough is enough – no longer can we accept that we are too important...

FBU national school YES VOTE Wortley Hall credit Jess Hurd

An oasis of socialism in a stately home

Helen Hague celebrates the history and importance of Wortley Hall - built by aristocrats but now owned by the workers Wortley Hall, a Georgian mansion in South Yorkshire, was built for aristocrats who got rich on coal and the toil of miners in the pit they owned nearby. The ancestral home of the...

FBU responds to government attack on transport strike rights

17 Oct, 2022 By Ben Duncan-Duggal

Fire Brigades Union general secretary Matt Wrack has responded to the government moving ahead with plans to undermine transport workers’ strikes with minimum service requirements. The requirements will aim to ensure that transport services cannot be completely shut down when workers strike. The move...

FBU wins at Trade Unions Congress communications awards

02 Sep, 2022 By Ben Duncan-Duggal

The Fire Brigades Union has once again been an award winner at the TUC communications awards. At the ceremony held on Thursday 1st September, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady announced that the FBU had won two awards: • 1st place for best membership communication project (DECON) • Highly...

The Pentonville Five: Arise Ye Workers

The release from prison 50 years ago of five trade unionists jailed for defending jobs is a key moment in UK history with lessons for today, writes Will Stone Photo credit: Peter Arkell/ reportdigital.co.uk Fifty years ago five London dockers who had been imprisoned after ignoring a court injunction...

Statement in respect of Labour Party dismissals from front bench

01 Aug, 2022

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Dear Brother / Sister Statement in Respect of Labour Party Dismissals from Front Bench At the Executive Council meeting held on Friday 29 July, the Executive Council agreed the following: ‘FBU...

Firefighters call on Labour frontbench to support strikers

30 Jul, 2022 By Gabriella Matkin

The Executive Council has met and discussed events that have unfolded in relation to the Labour Party’s leaderships distinct lack of support for unions taking strike action. The Executive Council is appalled that shadow ministers are being threatened and sacked for standing in solidarity with...

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Firefighters demand better at TUC demo

Thousands of workers, including firefighters, took to the streets on Saturday 18 June at the TUC demo demanding a new deal for workers from the Westminster government. FBU members marched through the streets of London carrying banners and placards, protesting at the cost-of-living crisis and ongoing...

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