Industrial action

All governments in the UK seem to want to resolve the firefighters pension dispute through discussion with the FBU, with the exception of the Westminster government who are imposing an unworkable pension scheme and unfairly penalising firefighters in England. On Wednesday firefighters in England...

Retired and out of trade members are being called upon to support active firefighters as they prepare to take strike action on the 25 February over an unworkable pension scheme being imposed by the Westminster government. Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, has written to all out of trade members...

Firefighters in England will strike for 24 hours from 7am on 25 February in a long running dispute with the government over its unworkable pension plans. This latest period of strike action comes after the 2015 firefighters’ pension scheme legislation was voted through by MPs when Westminster fire...

In a new video Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, explains how the false claims by the Westminster fire minister Penny Mordaunt has led to firefighters calling a 24 hour strike on 25 February over the long running pensions dispute. Firefighters will walk out from 7am.

BBC show ‘An idiots guide to politics’ visited an FBU picket line as part of a segment on why voters are losing trust in politicians. Presenter Jolyon Rubenstein visited firefighters at Chelsea fire station who recalled how Prime Minister David Cameron promised no frontline fire cuts on the eve of...

Today (Friday) at 9am Essex firefighters and 999 control staff will commence the final period of strike action called in the recent series of short duration strikes. They have been on strike and locked-out without pay by fire chiefs since 9am on Wednesday morning. Today’s lawful strike period will...