FBU
London firefighters balloting for action
Written by Neil Cafferky Wednesday, 01 September 2010 10:19
Up to 1,000 firefighters poured into the conference room of TUC headquarters for a mass meeting of the London Fire Brigades Union (FBU) on Tuesday night (24 August).
They gathered to discuss the union's strategy in response to the London Fire Authority's (LFA) attempt to rip up their contracts.
South Yorkshire firefighters forced to strike again
Written by Alistair Tice, Yorkshire, Socialist Party England & Wales Thursday, 10 June 2010 10:48
South Yorkshire Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has called a strike for 24/25 January and another from 27 January to 4 February. This is against bullying management's threat once again to sack firefighters if they don't agree to detrimental and imposed shift changes.
Fire chiefs, backed by the Labour-controlled Fire Authority, have been trying to force through 12 hour shifts for 18 months.
Firefighters say ‘Hands off our pensions!’
Written by Administrator Wednesday, 26 August 2009 00:40
ONLY A deluded fool would expect benevolence from New Labour. The country’s firefighters are already familiar with the lengths that New Labour ministers will go to, in order to attack their trade union and bleed the workers under the guise of modernisation.
But FBU members are shocked and angered at the latest move by the Department of Communities and Local Government (CLG) to rob sick and injured firefighters of their pensions.
FBU - Organising to Save our pensions
Written by Tony Maguire Friday, 15 February 2008 10:40
FBU activists from across Northern Ireland gathered in Belfast on Friday 1st February to be updated on developments in their battle to protect pension benefits for sick and disabled firefighters.
In September 2006 the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) acting on guidance from New Labour’s Department of Communities and Local Government stopped paying injury pension to three disabled former London Firefighters who have suffered debilitating injuries in the course of their duties.
