News FBU launches wide-ranging plan to tackle sexual harassment The FBU’s executive council has announced a wide-ranging plan to tackle sexual harassment, following the publication of...
News FBU members combat unagreed changes with overtime ban Merseyside FBU members are taking action short of strike in response to staffing issues. They are refusing to undertake...
News FBU members raise alarm over police bosses Northamptonshire FBU members travelled to Westminster to meet shadow fire minister Alex Norris and explain their...
News FBU MEMBERS WILL DECIDE ON 5% OFFER FBU members are voting in a consultative ballot on a revised 5% pay offer. After the union’s executive council rejected...
News FBU petition demands better after ‘embarrassing chaos’ in service An FBU petition calling for the resignation of Northamptonshire’s police, fire and crime commissioner (PFCC) Stephen...
Features FBU Photo competition winners 2025 The judges give their verdict on the winners, runners up and calendar favourites this year. Members’ submissions were...
News FBU pledges support for victims of bullying An investigation into misconduct in the fire and rescue by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue...
News FBU READIES CAMPAIGN FOR JOBS Just months after the settlement of the UK-wide pay dispute, firefighters are once again facing a battle – this time...
News FBU returns to Durham Miners' gala Firefighters returned to Durham this year to join thousands of other workers and trade unionists at the annual miners’...
News FBU slams government’s ‘war on workers’ in first budget The first budget of the Sunak government, delivered on 15 March, might have been an opportunity for the new Prime...
News FBU to fight for funding in wake of Budget The Budget, Labour’s second since it came to power last year, was presented by Rachel Reeves on 28 November. While...
News FBU urges Labour to deliver on workers' rights FBU general secretary Steve Wright has used his first weeks in office to urge the government to deliver on a package of...
News FBU volunteers witness spirit and resilience of Calais refugees FBU members and officials organised monthly humanitarian trips this winter from the North West of England to the...
News FBU wins another round in cuts fight Councillors have pushed back on plans for cuts in Avon Fire and Rescue Service following a successful campaign by...
News FBU’s fire engine for Palestine now held at Israeli customs for more than a year The fire appliance donated by FBU members in Scotland to Palestinian firefighters has now been detained by Israeli...
News Fight against fire service cuts ramps up FBU members in Scotland are ramping up the fight against Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) proposals to cut the...
Features Fight for 52 FBU assistant general secretary Ben Selby explains why the FBU is fighting for 12 months (or 52 weeks) of full-pay...
News Fightback over ‘exhausting’ 12-hour shifts Firefighters in Mid and West Wales are fighting to scrap plans to change shift patterns, with the fire service...
Sounding off Fighting division Kevin Courtney, chair of the TOGETHER alliance and former NEU general secretary on why working-class people need to...
Features Fighting for workers Firefighter reports from TUC and Labour Party conference 2025 This September, FBU delegates travelled to Brighton for...
Features Fighting for your voice in politics National officer Riccardo La Torre sets out what the FBU is doing to fight for firefighters via its Labour link The FBU...
Features Fire and ice Two firefighters from Wales, Rebecca Openshaw‑Rowe and Georgina Gilbert, pulled well over their own body weight on an...
News Fire and rescue services in England still face government funding cuts Fire and rescue services in England face a real term cut to central government funding, with a below inflation increase...
News Fire and rescue workers in the firing line The Westminster government’s fire and rescue White Paper is a coordinated attack on pay and conditions, the FBU has...
