Gen Sec comment Our service – our future: The Firefighters’ Manifesto This autumn, the FBU is launching a new national campaign: The Firefighters’ Manifesto. Although we do not know the...
News Oxfordshire firefighters rally against council's cuts Oxfordshire firefighters held a rally outside a meeting of Oxfordshire county council on 9 December, protesting...
News Palestine fire engine blocked The fire appliance donated to Palestine by the FBU continues to be held by Israeli authorities at the port of Ashdod...
Legal Beagle Parental leave The FBU has launched a campaign for 52 weeks of full-pay maternity leave, and most firefighters already have improved...
Features Pay and pensions, fighting cuts, safety and DECON – it is all political Political decisions shape our working lives. Every day, politicians at national and local levels make decisions that...
News Pay offer accepted in consultative ballot The results of the consultative ballot on pay were announced on May 20, with 82% voting to accept the pay offer on a...
Features Pay: Our Plan FBU general secretary Steve Wright sets the union’s plan to negotiate on pay in the coming year Pay is the FBU’s...
News Pay: the state of the negotiations Negotiations on pay reform are continuing at pace between the FBU and fire service employers. The National Joint...
Features Political fund ballot 2024 - VOTE YES The law dictates that trade unions cannot spend money on political objectives unless this has been approved by a ballot...
Gen Sec comment Politics affects us all You may not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you POLITICAL FUND – VOTE YES Since 2010, the...
Equalities PPE must be safe for women Threats to women’s specific PPE are a safety risk, says the FBU’s National Women’s Committee In 1996, firefighter Fleur...
Features Precious little help for the poorest Inflation is set to hit 9% and taxation is at its highest since Britain struggled to recover from the Second World War...
Features Pressing need for regulation At even very low levels, chemicals of the PFAS group pose a serious threat that the UK government is slow to react to...
Equalities Pride's 50th anniversary Pat Carberry, FBU LGBT+ national secretary, reviews hte changes and challenges of half a century of protest against the...
Features Profits, not pay, are the cause of inflation Far from causing inflation, wages make up a declining proportion of the cost of the products we buy, explains economist...
Legal Beagle Proscription and Protest With the government clamping down on protest rights, Thompsons Solicitors updates on the latest changes Since the Home...
Sounding off Putting out the fires lit by far-right arsonists Shaka Hislop, former Premier League footballer and president of Show Racism the Red Card, on the importance of...
Features Quite a journey Firefighter Lorna Dodd represents Great Britain in the duathlon. She spoke to Steve Morgan Curiosity killed the cat...
Sounding off Rail strikes Mick Lynch, general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) explains why...
News RDS trade union leave win Following a campaign by FBU Scotland, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) has agreed that retained duty system...
Features Ready to fight for our future Elected representatives from every brigade across the union gathered in Blackpool’s Imperial Hotel in May to decide the...
Features Rebuild our fire service On 8 October, 1,000 firefighters gathered in Westminster for a national rally and lobby of parliament to demand urgent...
News Reform UK attacks firefighter pensions Richard Tice, deputy leader of Reform UK, has unveiled plans to reduce local authority pensions in the 10 councils now...
Features Remember the dead, fight for the living Helen Hague reports on the past year of the FBU’s Red Plaque scheme When a huge blaze spread through a warehouse in...
