Pensions: Appeal against age discrimination (Day 4) 18 Dec, 2017 Blog Day four of the appeal against age discrimination in the 2015 Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Thursday 14 December) began with...
Pensions: Appeal against age discrimination (Day 3) 14 Dec, 2017 Blog Day three of our appeal saw us involved in more complex legal arguments. The QC who represents the senior judges started the...
Pensions: Appeal against age discrimination (Day 2) 13 Dec, 2017 Blog Yesterday was the second day of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the age discrimination claims made by more than 6,000...
Pensions: Appeal against age discrimination 12 Dec, 2017 Blog Members will recall that in March 2017, the FBU filed an appeal seeking to set aside the decision made by the Employment...
Challenge and opportunity 08 Dec, 2017 Blog Francis Beckett explains how the War and the vision of its general secretary transformed the FBU. The Second World War...
Nine weeks of struggle 14 Nov, 2017 Blog The first national FBU strike in 1977 established a pay system that was to last decades. Helen Hague explains how and why...
One year on: How the Firefighters 100 Lottery is changing lives 30 Oct, 2017 Blog Get your tickets In the 12 months since its launch on bonfire night last year, the Firefighters 100 Lottery has raised more...
Grenfell: The tough questions must be asked and answered 24 Oct, 2017 Blog The Grenfell Tower fire was an atrocity. The inquiry must not be a whitewash. The 14 of June 2017 will forever be marked as a...
PTSD: The signs to watch out for 05 Oct, 2017 Blog As the tragedy of Grenfell unfolded in front of the nation’s eyes, the bravery of the hundreds of firefighters battling the...
Grenfell lessons 15 Sep, 2017 Blog Action to safeguard the public and firefighters from avoidable death and injury tends to follow disasters like Grenfell Tower...
