Industrial action

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 •...

The Fire Brigades Union has announced further firefighters’ strikes on Friday 1 November 18.30-23.00 and Monday 4 November 06.00-08.00 after government and fire employers failed to offer any firm guarantees for firefighters facing ‘no job and no pension’ as a result of pension changes. Last weekend...

The planned firefighters’ strike tomorrow (Saturday) evening has been postponed, after last-minute shifts in stated positions of the government and the employers, which they claim effectively guarantee that no firefighter will be left without either a job or an unreduced pension. The FBU received a...

The Executive Council congratulates FBU members for the magnificent unity displayed during our recent successful strike action on 25 September 2013. This action, along with the other campaigning by our members, has provided the lever necessary to open a further round of discussions. The union has...

East Sussex firefighters have continued to express grave concerns over breathing apparatus training for stand-in staff that are due to work during the next period of strike action. Firefighters’ worries emerged during the last strike and, frustrated with a lack of progress from East Sussex Fire...

The London Fire Brigade has threatened legal action if firefighters wear their uniform to a demonstration next week. Firefighters will protest on Wednesday 16 over dangerous cuts to fire and rescue services across the country and proposals over pensions and retirement age that could see firefighters...

Firefighters in England and Wales will strike again over government attacks on pensions on Saturday 19 October the Fire Brigades Union has announced. The strike will last for five hours, between 6.30pm and 11.30pm on Saturday 19 October. Matt Wrack, Fire Brigades Union General Secretary, said: “We...