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The Fire Brigades Union has responded to the Labour Party manifesto, welcoming commitments to improve the fire and rescue service and strengthen workers’ rights. Labour has committed to scrap anti-union laws which seek to ban firefighters and control staff from taking effective strike action, and to...

The Fire Brigades Union has responded to the Conservative manifesto pledge to continue to use the draconian minimum service levels legislation against trade unions. The manifesto states that "to limit the impact of industrial action on public services and balance the ability of workers to strike...

The Labour Party is due to meet today for its 'Clause V' meeting, which sets the party's manifesto ahead of the general election. Affiliated trade unions, including the Fire Brigades Union, will be in attendance. Speaking ahead of the meeting, Matt Wrack, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union...

The Senedd’s Equality and Social Justice Committee has today published a new report on the governance of Welsh fire and rescue services. Following an investigation into the controversial appointment of Stuart Millington as Interim Chief Fire Officer for South Wales, the report finds a lack of...

In an intervention following the calling of the general election, the Fire Brigades Union has called for the scrapping of the anti-union laws. From the union’s Annual Conference in Blackpool, FBU general secretary Matt Wrack set out the damage caused by 14 years of Tory rule to living standards and...

Rishi Sunak has just announced a general election for 4 July 2024. Matt Wrack, Fire Brigades Union general secretary, said: “The Tories have spent 14 years attacking the rights of working-class people and smashing public services to pieces. “They are a government of millionaires, acting in the...

In a letter to Keir Starmer, Matt Wrack, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, has raised concerns about Natalie Elphicke’s admission to the Parliamentary Labour Party. Elphicke has spoken in favour of new anti-unions laws, branded “one of the most vicious attacks on workers rights in living...

Fire Brigades Union members have voted to retain their political fund for the next ten years. Results have been announced today, with members returning a 91% yes vote. Under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, trade unions cannot spend money on political objectives unless...

The Fire Brigades Union has launched fresh calls for fire and rescue service employers to refuse the government’s minimum service levels, which amounts to an attempt to ban firefighters and control staff from taking strike action. The FBU is calling on firefighters and members of the public to...