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The Fire Brigades Union has revealed that a fire and rescue station was left without a single firefighter available, offering a clear example of how staff shortages relating to the Omicron variant of Covid are putting significant pressure…
A Socialist Green New Deal is a set of words that has been mentioned a lot and I’m sure will continue to be, especially over the coming week at Labour conference. But it should be more than a slogan or a soundbite. It represents the central…
The Fire Brigades Union has rejected a HM Inspectorate of Fire and Rescue Services report into the response of the 45 fire services across England to the pandemic as a "political and biased attack on firefighters". Matt Wrack responded to…
The internal row between the party leadership and the Labour left deepened today as members of the ruling body were told that Ian Murray of the Fire Brigades' Union would be blocked from becoming chair, LabourList can reveal. Labour's…
The Fire Brigades Union has criticised cladding manufacturers on the basis of Grenfell inquiry evidence for a "total disregard for safety in the pursuit of profit" that the trade union describes as "stomach-churning". The inquiry currently…
Trade unions have criticised the government's refusal to back down on slashing support to the Union Learning Fund (ULF) and argued there were "blatantly partisan reasons" that the union-brokered training scheme was being wound down. The FBU…
The Fire Brigades Union has warned that the UK is not ready for two national emergencies at the same time, such as mass flooding and the coronavirus crisis, after losing 19% of fire and rescue service staff due to cuts since 2010. Launching…
The TUC has urged the government to reverse plans to end the Union Learning Fund (ULF) as the union federation says the in-work training scheme will be a "vital plank of building back better" after coronavirus. Launching a new campaign to…
The general secretaries of 14 trade unions, 20 Labour MPs including Jeremy Corbyn and a number of campaigning organisations have released a joint statement expressing their concerns over the 'spycops' bill. Unite's Len McCluskey, TSSA's…
The government has been criticised for doing "the bare minimum to fend off bad headlines" after it was revealed that only a third of high-rise buildings with Grenfell-style cladding have had the material removed. Responding to a new report…
The TUC has pledged to defend the collective bargaining rights of fire and rescue service workers against a "political attack" from the government that would see their union excluded from the pay review process. In a motion passed at the…
The Fire Brigades Union has condemned a 2% pay bump proposed by employers and described the offer as an "insult" to frontline firefighters and control staff. After a meeting of the executive council of the FBU today, the union has slammed…
