National LGBT+ school October 2023
Firefighters’ union launches plan to fight decades of harassment and bullying in Fire Service
Fire Brigades Union launches own plan to tackle discrimination from conference in Blackpool Union slams years of failure by politicians and those running the Fire Service over bullying and harassment Failings go “right to the very top of fire service management”, says FBU In a dramatic intervention...
Insightful and empowering
More than 30 union members from all around the UK attended the FBU LGBT+ school in Brighton. Graeme Hopkins reports For some, it was a good chance to catch up with old friends after a gap of two years due to Covid and for others, including myself, this was their first school. The three-day education...
An oasis of socialism in a stately home
Helen Hague celebrates the history and importance of Wortley Hall - built by aristocrats but now owned by the workers Wortley Hall, a Georgian mansion in South Yorkshire, was built for aristocrats who got rich on coal and the toil of miners in the pit they owned nearby. The ancestral home of the...
Unity is everything
Why the FBU's All Different All Equal policy is central to our union. National officer Riccardo la Torre explains the key role of the union's policy on discrimination and harassment and how it works. A member of your family comes home from work crying at least once a week. Or they say they want to...
FBU join fight to save union learning programme
Scrapping Union Learning Fund would “place partisan politics over sensible policymaking”, firefighters say. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has joined the TUC in calling on the government to reverse its decision to scrap funding for a lifelong learning programme, allowing retiring and injured...
