News Strike consultation over cuts ‘firestorm’ The FBU in Scotland is consulting members on the possibility of strike action over devastating cuts as publication of...
Sounding off Strike while the weather is hot Frieda Lurken, a climate campaigner with a background in public health, explains how firefighters can raise the alarm...
Legal Beagle Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act The Act became law on 20 July. Neil Todd, a partner in Thompsons Solicitors’ Trade Union Law Group, outlines its...
Sounding off Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill Zarah Sultana MP, Coventry South and FBU parliamentary group chair, on why she will oppose attacks on the right to...
News Strikes escalate as workers fight for decent pay While the FBU’s own strike action has been put on hold pending the outcome of a ballot on the revised pay offer...
Features Stronger together The FBU has commissioned an independent internal review into racism, calling on all members – retired and serving – to...
Sounding off Support our fight for jobs and climate justice When a multinational corporation threatened to close a factory in Italy, workers fought back with a plan for a green...
Features Tell it to your MP FBU general secretary Matt Wrack outlines why now is the time for firefighters to lobby politicians for decent funding...
Features The camera will always show who you really are Dave Turner, former firefighter and FBU North-East regional chair, plays a key role in the latest Ken Loach film. He...
Features The fight for your pension continues National officer Mark Rowe spells out the current position on firefighters’ retirement prospects Pensions in the fire...
Gen Sec comment The fire and rescue service is under-resourced and over-stretched July saw the hottest temperature ever recorded in the UK and, as a result, a huge strain on all members who worked...
Features The Firefighters’ Manifesto As we prepare for the 1 November national rally, FBU general secretary Matt Wrack introduces the Firefighters’...
Legal Beagle The legal steps ahead of strike action Neil Todd of Thompsons Solicitors outlines the legal steps demanded of unions ahead of strike action We are seeing an...
Features The NHS at 75 – and at breaking point Headlines about the NHS at breaking point have been written for years, but now the truth is far graver, says Professor...
Sounding off The only way is peace Uri Weltmann, national field organiser of the Standing Together movement More than eight months after the 7 October...
Features The Pentonville Five: Arise Ye Workers The release from prison 50 years ago of five trade unionists jailed for defending jobs is a key moment in UK history...
Legal Beagle The rights of members taking strike action In light of a possible national ballot on pay, Neil Todd, a trade union law specialist at Thompsons Solicitors, looks...
Equalities The stench of bias Reporting of changes to strength tests for all firefighters was factually incorrect and seems designed to have a...
News There is no place for misogyny and racism in the fire service says FBU There is no place for racism and misogyny in the fire and rescue service, the FBU said following publication of a...
Equalities Thirty years – and still plenty to be done The FBU B&EMM committee reports from this year’s FBU black and ethnic minority members’ school The FBU black and ethnic...
Gen Sec comment Time to deliver On Tuesday 8 October, with the new government barely 100 days old, around 1,000 firefighters gathered in central London...
Features Time to deliver: Join us on 8 October On Tuesday 8 October, firefighters from every corner of the UK will descend on Westminster to demand that the new...
Sounding off Time to make the rich pay Billionaires have broken Britain and wrecked the climate – we must make them pay to fix it, writes James O’Nions of...
Features Time to unite and end the constant cuts FBU members in Scotland are organising to save their service from some of the worst cuts seen in modern times and are...
