The FBU is increasingly appalled by the Government’s handling of the current economic crisis and continue to be disappointed with the quiet consensus at Westminster to insinuate that the cause of, and solution to, the crisis lies with public spending.
The FBU is by necessity a political organization. Our members and our families are affected in their daily lives by the decisions made by politicians.
Our members’ jobs and profession is shaped by political decision-making. As a trade union we must not and will not pretend as others do that our activity in defence of firefighters and the fire service is somehow detached from politics. As a consequence the Executive Council has identified that our beliefs and our policies should be drawn together into a singular statement upon which this union can campaign.
