Meet the rep

1. What made you want to become a rep? I never really wanted to be a rep but I’ve got a lot of pals in the TU movement who had been at me for a long time, and the watches I’d worked were always saying I should do it (usual reasons - argumentative, shouty, opinionated etc). I was too busy but...

1. What made you want to become a rep? I’ve always been interested in the FBU, from sitting on the picket line with my dad and his watch during the 2002 strike to when I became a firefighter and joined the union in 2014. Becoming a rep was a natural progression, especially working on a strong FBU...

1. What made you want to become a rep? The pension dispute. Our officials at the time were touring branches organising before the vote on industrial action and my branch had recently lost its rep. I had no idea what I was letting myself in for but the idea of a strong branch without a rep just didn...