Campaign for a Democratic FBU was established in 2020 as a network of Fire Brigades Union members and activists concerned at the erosion of democracy, accountability and transparency in their union.
We believe in the FBU. The union has a proud history of defending firefighters in the workplace. But it is apparent that a serious disconnect has emerged between the union’s leaders and rank-and-file members.
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REPORTS HAVE REACHED this blog that, at the annual conference of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) last week, general secretary Matt Wrack attempted to distance himself from the ongoing ’hush money’ scandal, which centres on the payment of large sums of members’ money, alongside the issuing of gagging orders, to union employees – including elected… Continue reading Why Matt Wrack’s ‘It wasn’t me, guv’ plea over hush money deals just won’t wash