Privatisation

Today sees the second day of a strike by Greek public service workers against collective dismissals. The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) — of which the FBU is an affiliate — has sent a message of solidarity, saying: “The strike of our Greek colleagues is symbolic of the ongoing...

The scale of opposition among Cleveland firefighters to the ‘mutualisation’ of the local fire and rescue service has been revealed in survey figures release today. Last year managers at Cleveland Fire Brigade began attempts to change their existing ‘Community Interest Company’ into a ‘Public Service...

Chief Fire Officer Ian Hayton is planning to turn Cleveland Fire Brigade into a ‘mutual’. This is bad news for firefighters, bad news for our service and bad news for the public. Mutualisation would: Threaten the hard-won pay and conditions of Cleveland firefighters and firefighters across the UK...

The 38 Degrees campaign has very helpfully launched a petition to support of our fire and rescue service and oppose government privatisation plans. The 38 Degrees campaign site can be viewed here This includes an on-line petition on the fire and rescue service. Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary said...

New plans from fire minister Brandon Lewis to privatise the whole of Britain’s fire and rescue service will cost lives, says Fire Brigades Union general secretary Matt Wrack. Mr Lewis has written to the Regulatory Reform Committee at Westminster seeking views on new laws to “enable fire and rescue...

Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary said: “The Fire Service College provides world-class training and has a well won reputation for excellence. Today’s announcement is yet another instance of creeping privatisation in the fire and rescue service, and the public will be the losers. “We need to call a...