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Intervening to fight for our service and our rights
Riccardo la Torre reflects on this year’s TUC congress and Labour conference, and explains why the FBU gets stuck in Politics intervenes regularly in our work. Cladding fires, including the Grenfell Tower fire are occurring because ministers scrapped regulations which kept people safe. Firefighters...
Rebuild our fire service
On 8 October, 1,000 firefighters gathered in Westminster for a national rally and lobby of parliament to demand urgent action from the government. Firefighter reports On a Tuesday in early autumn, politicians setting out for a routine day in Westminster were confronted with a different spectacle to...
Union leader warns Reeves of “threat to public safety” without increased funding
Matt Wrack, the general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, has written to Rachel Reeves ahead of Labour’s first budget, to call for urgent funding for the fire and rescue service. While welcoming Labour’s workers’ rights package, the union warned that this approach “must be reflected in funding...
FBU urges no delay in full implementation of workers' rights package
The government is expected to set out its plan to Make Work Pay today. Matt Wrack, Fire Brigades Union general secretary, said: "This very significant extension of workers' rights is a huge victory for the FBU and other unions that have been at the forefront of campaigning to ensure that Labour's...
“Rebuild our fire service” – a thousand firefighters rally to demand action from government
Around a thousand firefighters have rallied today in central London to demand that the new government take urgent measures to rebuild the fire and rescue service. The rally, organised by the Fire Brigades Union, drew attendance from firefighters and fire control staff across the UK. Speakers...
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 government delivers a fire and rescue service that is fit for the future. FBU general secretary Matt Wrack explains why. The result of the general election was a crushing blow for the...
