Industrial action

Firefighters and 999 control staff are still due to take strike action after last minute talks broke down with service managers who now plan to lock out a number of those those striking. The strike, due to begin at 18:00 on 1 March until 9:00 on 2 March, will now see some firefighters and all...

The FBU has responded to an open letter from Westminster fire minister Penny Mordaunt to all firefighters. The letter, issued the day before firefighters took 24 hours of strike action, contained a number of inaccurate and misleading claims that Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, has corrected. You...

Firefighters and 999 control staff in Essex are set to strike for a second time over a radically changed shift system, working conditions and cuts. The strike, beginning 18:00 on 1 March until 9:00 on 2 March, comes a month after firefighters and control staff in Essex last took strike action as...

Firefighters have been congratulated after taking 24 hours of strike action and for rallying in their thousands at Westminster. 4,000 firefighters marched on the Houses of Parliament and 10 Downing Street demanding to speak to the prime minister about MPs being lied too over a false ‘guarantee’ on...

Westminster fire minister Penny Mordaunt has ducked the chance to debate with FBU general secretary Matt Wrack about the strike action being taken by firefighters in England today. The invitation to appear on BBC Radio Solent, the MP’s local BBC radio station, was given several days ago and refused...

Firefighters from across the country are heading to Westminster to protest against the false ‘guarantee’ given to MP’s as part of a parliamentary debate into firefighter pensions. The union has already written to David Cameron and the speaker of the house asking them what they are going to do about...