Equality

The Fire Brigades Union were one of the first unions to back Jeremy Corbyn as the leader of the Labour party. Matt Wrack, general secretary of the FBU said: “Jeremy Corbyn is a welcome breath of fresh air in this current climate where profit and the acquisition of wealth for the few is given...

Control staff with the Essex fire service, 95% of whom are women, are striking today (25 August 2015) as part of a dispute over unworkable shifts imposed by Essex fire service managers. Control staff who once worked family friendly shift patterns are now being forced to work twelve hour day and...

This year we celebrate 30 years of women in the fire and rescue service. Paddington, London, White Watch manager Sian Griffiths was one of those first generation of women to enter the London Fire Brigade. This film, by Jess Hurd and Jason N Parkinson, sees Sian reflect on her time in the service as...

The FBU has published a domestic abuse policy document in order to help officials negotiate a local policy to raise awareness within their fire and rescue service. Samantha Rye, secretary of the FBU national women’s committee, said: “Domestic violence is abhorrent and repugnant. Perpetrators should...

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...

Emergency control staff from Essex were in parliament on budget day Wednesday lobbying MPs over anti-family working shifts whilst also highlighting public safety fears over failing IT mobilising systems. It coincided with the end of a nine day strike in Essex over an imposed work shift system which...