"Fire and rescue services are severely under-resourced and overstretched. In the last decade, we have lost 1 in 5 firefighters to cuts."
Tag: FBU
Finishing the job: FBU backs call for second Employment Rights Bill
The Fire Brigades Union have joiined the growing list of organisations supporting the demand for a second Employment Rights Act to strengthen workers' rights.
Trade unionists unite to demand Wages Not Weapons ahead of TUC Congress
10 different trade unions have launched the Wages Not Weapons campaign in support of the UCU's motion at TUC Congress next week.
FBU Recommends Pay Deal to Members as Union Leader warns Labour it Must Reverse Austerity
"Since 2010, firefighters have lost around 12% of the value of their pay. Workers rightly expect Labour to repair the damage of austerity."
Time for leadership with a track record – Matt Wrack, FBU
Matt Wrack writes that serious times for our essential public services calls for serious and experienced leadership with a track record of delivery.
Budget: Matt Wrack Calls on Government to “Go Further & Faster”
"While a real-terms increase in day-to-day spending should ease some pressures, the government must go further and faster in rebuilding our broken public services" - Matt Wrack, FBU.
End austerity and invest in our services – Matt Wrack, FBU
Matt Wrack urges the Chancellor to end austerity and invest in our services in her first Budget.
The strength of the trade union movement lies in struggle – Matt Wrack. #TUC24
In one of his last articles while holding the TUC Presidency, FBU GS Matt Wrack reflects on the legacy of the miners’ strike & sets out what is at stake under a Labour government.
Dagenham high-rise fire exposes “national scandal” of flammable cladding – FBU
The high-rise fire in Dagenham exposes the “national scandal” of flammable cladding and deregulation in the building industry.
Deregulation & ignored warnings on Grenfell a “national scandal” – FBU
"The FBU will not rest until we achieve justice for all victims of the fire and until everyone has a safe and decent home.”