Equality

National secretary Amit Malde, London secretary Corneil Power and national vice-chair Kasey LeGall of the FBU’s black and ethnic minority members (BEMM) section attended the TUC black workers’ conference in London. Amit Malde reports Each union’s equalities section could submit one motion for debate...

The announcement of a general election while this year’s FBU annual conference was in session emphasised its crucial role FBU annual conference 2024 took place between 22 and 24 May in Blackpool, with hundreds of delegates, observers and guests in attendance. Since the previous year’s gathering...

Firefighters in Wales have been let down by failings of senior leadership, Sound the Alarm, a report by the Senedd’s equality and social justice committee has concluded. It outlines serious concerns about fire and rescue service governance. The Welsh government appointed four commissioners to lead a...

Katie Holloway, chair of the FBU national women’s committee, looks back at a quarter of a century of work for women and forward to the future The National Women’s Committee (NWC) was inaugurated in 1999, at a one-off special meeting at Wortley Hall near Sheffield. The meeting gathered women...

1. What made you want to become a rep? Having had no interest in the trade union movement, on joining the fire service I quickly recognised the importance of a union to ensure democratic process, giving a voice to those marginalised and unfairly treated in the workplace and providing general...

Employers have a duty to ensure that workplaces are accessible to all, says FBU assistant general secretary Ben Selby People with minds and bodies of all kinds and functions work in fire stations and control rooms. The fire and rescue service is neurodiverse, as is our union. But employers are...