Industrial action

Firefighters have expressed their ‘extreme concern’ over Surrey Fire and Rescue Service’s plans for Wednesday’s strike. Firefighters will walk out for four hours across the country on 25 September over ‘unsafe, unfair and unworkable’ pensions proposals by central government. However, Surrey Fire and...

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...

Firefighters will strike over pensions on Wednesday (25 September), the Fire Brigades Union has announced. Almost 80% voted in favour of industrial action in a ballot that ended earlier this month, although union officials have left the strike to the last possible moment to allow for the possibility...

Progress in Scotland show talks can work if both sides are willing, say firefighters Firefighters in England and Wales are preparing for strike action after governments in Westminster and Cardiff refused to reach a compromise in talks with the Fire Brigades Union. However revised proposals from the...

North American firefighters have written to their UK counterparts to offer solidarity in the campaign to protect fire and rescue services. Harold A Schaitberger, General President of the International Association of Fire Fighters, wrote to Fire Brigades Union General Secretary Matt Wrack last week...

The use of websites, social media (such as Twitter and Facebook), online forums and blogs can be a powerful way for firefighters to stand up for the fire and rescue service and set out our arguments to the public. Life online is also a fundamental part of modern existence, and firefighters have the...

Although a ballot of Fire Brigades Union members resulted in a landslide vote in favour of industrial action over attacks on pensions, firefighters have said consistently that a strike was a last resort and that they would rather find a negotiated, sensible solution to the issues at stake. As a...