Grenfell Tower Inquiry update

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Dear Brother/Sister Grenfell Tower Inquiry update The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has informed the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and other core participants that its final report is unlikely to be published...

Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill: latest developments

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Dear Brother / Sister Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill: latest developments FBU members will be watching closely the developments around the anti-strike proposals in the Strikes (Minimum Service...
FFs fiar pay rally in London Dec 2022 credit Mark Thomas

FBU slams government’s ‘war on workers’ in first budget

The first budget of the Sunak government, delivered on 15 March, might have been an opportunity for the new Prime Minister to set out a change of course The government set out to “reassure the markets” after Liz Truss’s disastrous budget last autumn. But “reassuring the markets”, in the language of...
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Safe passage for refugees

Paul O’Connor of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) explains why it is fighting the government in court Since 2021 PCS has been engaged in litigation against the Home Office on behalf of our members who deliver the UK’s asylum and immigration system and of vulnerable refugees whom the...
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The fight for your pension continues

National officer Mark Rowe spells out the current position on firefighters’ retirement prospects Pensions in the fire and rescue service have been under attack for decades. We are now expected to retire later and receive less. Much of this agenda has been pursued in the name of “modernisation”...

New report shows firefighters exposed to PFAS chemicals - FBU responds

By Alice Dann
A new report from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) regulator has produced more evidence that firefighters are exposed to PFAS chemicals in firefighting foam. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are also known as ‘forever chemicals’ because they do not naturally break down. These...
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Firefighters' union calls for defiance of anti-strike laws

By Gabriella Matkin
Trade unions must build a campaign to defy the anti-strike laws being pushed through parliament by the Tories, Fire Brigades Union general secretary Matt Wrack has said. The firefighters' leader said the Trades Union Congress should lead a campaign of "mass non-cooperation and non-compliance" with...
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