Women

The Labour party’s pink bus is due to visit women firefighters and emergency control staff this coming Friday with MP Angela Smith on board. The bus is touring the country ahead of the general election in order to connect with women voters after figures showed 9.1 million women did not vote in 2010...

A damning letter from the national women’s committee of the FBU has called on the Westminster government to stop trading on their name to further their political objectives over pensions. National secretary of the committee Samantha Rye says they were left no option but to respond after the minister...

Fire control operators in Essex will be on strike throughout mother’s day this Sunday in a dispute which has forced women and mothers out of the workplace. Essex Country Fire and Rescue Service imposed a radically changed shift system that means control operators are forced to work 12 hour shifts...

nternational Women’s Day takes place on Saturday 8 March, and The UN theme for this year is “Equality for Women is Progress for All”. Between 12 and 14 March, representatives from the Fire Brigades Union will be taking part in the TUC’s Women’s conference at Congress House in London. The FBU has...

The Fire Brigades Union National Women’s School will be held between 2pm Friday 4 and 2pm Sunday 6 April 2014 at Wortley Hall, near Sheffield. Attendance is open to all FBU women members — including those who have not been before — and the event will feature a number of guest speakers, group...