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Fire Brigades Union calls eight days of strike in Merseyside control room

12 Dec, 2023 By Ben Duncan-Duggal

Fire control staff in Merseyside are to take eight consecutive days of strike action from 27 December. Control staff delivered an overwhelming mandate for strike action in August, with 100% voting Yes on a turnout of 92%.The dispute centres on the imposed reduction in night-time staffing numbers...

Fire Brigades Union gives deadline to Merseyside fire chief: get round the table or face industrial action

25 Aug, 2023 By Alice Dann

Fire Brigades Union gives Merseyside fire employers a 20-day window to engage in talks before naming dates for industrial action Call for talks follows resounding mandate for action earlier this week “The ball is in their court”, says union leader The FBU has written to Merseyside Fire and Rescue...

Merseyside Fire Brigades Union Notification of Strike Ballot Result (Fire Control) and ASOS Ballot Result (all members with the exception of Fire Control)

21 Aug, 2023

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Dear Brother/Sister Merseyside Fire Brigades Union Notification of Strike Ballot Result (Fire Control) and ASOS Ballot Result (all members with the exception of Fire Control) Following requests from...

Merseyside fire control staff vote to strike as firefighters vote for continued industrial action

21 Aug, 2023 By Alice Dann

Merseyside fire control members vote overwhelmingly for strike action, with 100% voting Yes on a 92% turnout Merseyside firefighters and green book staff vote to continue action short of strike in response to attacks on terms and conditions, with 82% voting Yes on a 71% turnout Today, 21st August...

The NHS at 75 – and at breaking point

Headlines about the NHS at breaking point have been written for years, but now the truth is far graver, says Professor Allyson Pollock, clinical professor of public health at Newcastle University What happens in the National Health Service matters to everyone, and not just because almost everyone in...

National womens committee rally at LGA over maternity pay

Service needs serious investment

While some parts of the UK experienced the wettest July on record, much of continental Europe experienced weeks of dangerously high temperatures, as well as tornadoes, flash floods and hailstones as big as golf balls. Our climate is becoming more chaotic and destructive. Firefighters are on the...

Merseyside members will not be silenced. Vote Yes.

25 Jul, 2023 By Alice Dann

The ballot for industrial action for Merseyside members is now live. After six months of action short of strike in response to sustained attacks on terms and conditions, as well as the imposed reduction in night-time staffing in Fire Control, this is your chance to send a clear message to Merseyside...

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Tory anti-union laws could be met with mass campaign of non-compliance

03 Jul, 2023 By Gabriella Matkin

Unions have “no choice” but to launch mass campaign of non-compliance against Minimum Service Levels Bill, says Fire Brigades Union leader in letter to other unions Trade union conference planned for autumn to discuss campaign to defy new laws Move comes as momentum builds for national demonstration...

Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill: latest developments

28 Apr, 2023

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Dear Brother / Sister Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill: latest developments FBU members will be watching closely the developments around the anti-strike proposals in the Strikes (Minimum Service...

Devolved administrations could lead campaign to block anti-strike laws, says FBU

28 Apr, 2023 By Ben Duncan-Duggal

The Fire Brigades Union has today set out how devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales could play a crucial role in blocking the implementation of the government’s Minimum Service Levels Bill. Writing to the Humza Yousaf and Mark Drakeford today, Fire Brigades Union general secretary Matt...

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