Policies

Policies agreed at the annual conference of the Fire Brigades Union.

Israel/Palestine Conflict

Year: 2005 (68)

DERBYSHIRE
AS AMENDED BY MERSEYSIDE

This Conference reaffirms its commitment to the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state and condemns the military oppression by the present Israeli Government that is denying the aspirations of...

Crewing Levels

Year: 2005 (41)

MERSEYSIDE
AS AMENDED BY STRATHCLYDE

Conference is appalled by the decision of the Merseyside Chief Fire Officer and Merseyside Fire and Civil Defence Authority to staff frontline pumping appliances at 4 and 4 as standard. In accordance...

Pensions

Year: 2005 (Emergency Resolution No 2)

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

This conference welcomes the late intervention of the Minister for Work and Pensions Alan Johnson MP on 21 March 2005 to convene a high level meeting of the public sector unions and ministers to...

International Women'S Day

Year: 2005 (63)

NWC
AS AMENDED BY WEST MIDLANDS

This Conference supports the campaign instigated by the T&G Women's Committee, to make International Women's Day on the 8th March an additional Bank Holiday, as it is in a number of other countries...

Control Care Campaign

Year: 2005 (Emergency Resolution No 1)

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

This Conference wholly condemns the proposals by the ODPM to create 9 Regional Emergency Fire Controls in England and the proposals from the Scottish Executive to move from 8 Emergency Fire Control...

Pension Rights

Year: 2005 (49)

NATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN COMMITTEE
AS AMENDED BY LONDON

Gay and Lesbian members within the Fire Service are appalled at the continued discrimination of Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transsexual people who are members of the Firefighters' Pension Scheme. We...

Integrated Risk Management Plan

Year: 2005 (38)

CLEVELAND
AS AMENDED BY LOTHIAN & BORDERS

This Conference calls upon the Executive Council to re-affirm its commitment to vigorously pursue through the legal system any Fire Authority or Chief Fire Officer within a Fire and Rescue Service...

Continual Professional Development Scheme

Year: 2005 (10)

SUFFOLK
AS AMENDED BY LOTHIAN & BORDERS

This Conference demands that the new Continual Professional Development Scheme payments are clarified and a national framework is put in place before the Long Service Increment payments are reduced in...

Pay Protection

Year: 2005 (2)

SOUTH YORKSHIRE

This Conference demands that any Officer whose rank is assimilated to the role of Watch Manager B has their pay scale protected beyond 2007 and that they continue to receive the same percentage pay...

Homophobic Lyrics

Year: 2005 (66)

WEST MIDLANDS

This Conference believes that musicians whose lyrics contain incitements to violence and murder contribute significantly towards the climate of brutal homophobia in Jamaica. These artists glorify the...