Guidance

Fire Brigades Union General Secretary, Matt Wrack, has written to members to outline the position on industrial action, pensions and retirement age. In the letter, Wrack explains that the FBU’s Executive Council agreed to postpone the five hour strike scheduled for the next day at its meeting on 18...

The FBU has produced new briefings for members, officials and friends on the current pension situation. They help clarify key questions asked at the present point of our dispute and can be distributed ahead of strike action later this week. • Generosity of schemes – Myth buster • Contributions •...

A new public leaflet for help firefighters explain to the public the dangers of government proposals on pensions is now available to download. Copies are also being sent to branches across England and Wales ahead of the strike.

The Fire Brigades Union has published guidance for firefighters taking strike action on Wednesday 25 September. The union has distributed resources, including public leaflets, posters and stickers, to all FBU branches. The public leaflet is designed to help firefighters explain the key points of our...

As the members’ ballot on industrial action over pensions enters it’s last fortnight, we’ve added posters and an A5 leaflet to the site to download. Copies of the posters should by now have arrived at all branches, and the leaflet has been sent to all members’ home addresses. If you’d like to...

On 12 July 2103, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) issued a two-page FAQs bulletin, Firefighters’ pension scheme reforms: factsheet, outlining their views on the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme reforms. They have written to all fire and rescue authorities in England asking that...