Conference

Matt Wrack, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) today told a fringe meeting of the Trades Union Congress that he believed the government has launched a ‘class war’ against ordinary working people – the phrase is usually used by establishment figures to undermine the actions of left...

The Fire Brigades Union will join the UK labour movement at the 147th Trades Union Congress taking place in Brighton from 13-16 September to debate, discuss and decide how to best organise over the next 12 months to defend Britain’s workers. Motions and composites The FBU will be calling for...

The July issue of Firefighter magazine is now available online featuring updates from the 2015 FBU annual conference. We also hear from UK firefighters responding to the devastation of the April’s earthquake in Nepal and how 10 years after the 7/7 London bombings 8,000 firefighter jobs have been...

At this years FBU conference a series of videos were made to update members on developments from the event taking place from 12 -15 May in Blackpool. A playlist of all the videos have been posted on the FBU youtube page.

Dave Limer, national treasurer for the FBU, talks to Tam McFarlane at conference 2015 after delivering speech about the unions finances and how important they are for campaigning.

At the start of FBU conference 2015 Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, talks about what to expect and what the big themes at this years conference will be.