Firefighters able to drive ambulances and retrieve bodies during Covid-19 crisis
An agreement reached between the Fire Brigades Union and other stakeholders will see firefighters take on additional roles…
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FBU set to release videos criticising Long-Bailey’s leadership rivals
The Fire Brigades Union is set to release a series of videos criticising Rebecca Long-Bailey’s Labour leadership rivals…
What happened to the Long-Bailey/Rayner joint ticket?
Rebecca Long-Bailey and Richard Burgon have become the latest candidates to secure places on the final ballot paper.…
Rebecca Long-Bailey and Richard Burgon make ballot with FBU nominations
The Labour-affiliated Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has decided to nominate left-wing candidates Rebecca Long-Bailey and Richard Burgon for…
Labour conference commits party to 2030 net-zero carbon target
Labour conference has approved a policy motion committing the party to working “towards a path to net zero…
The FBU, for a socialist Green New Deal
Today, school climate activists have called for workers internationally to unite in a global strike, urging governments to…
Shelly Asquith’s TU-esday round-up: Outsourcing fights and strikes over pay
It’s been a little while since I wrote an update on the industrial news from Labour’s affiliate unions.…
Shelly Asquith’s TU-esday round-up: 2019 so far
One month into 2019, union members have been on the offensive across sectors, with pay awards coming…
Shelly Asquith’s TU-esday round-up: Worker wins at Cammell Laird, Shelter and for Yorkshire dinner ladies
Some good news. If you hadn’t already heard, the six-week strike involving hundreds of workers at Cammell Laird…
Shelly Asquith’s TU-esday round-up: Tube strike, Labour councils and firefighters
Central Line strike In a disgraceful attempt to smear the recent ASLEF strike on London’s Underground, Osborne’s Evening…
