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.
- Why were FBU members’ money and staffing resources donated to former general secretary’s MP lover?
THE TOXIC, SCANDAL-HIT leadership of Matt Wrack came back to haunt the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) last week after a newspaper exposé into the former general secretary’s personal relationship with a Labour MP. The story, first published in the Mail on Sunday and then picked up by the BBC and other outlets, alleged that Mary… Continue reading Why were FBU members’ money and staffing resources donated to former general secretary’s MP lover? - After annual conference voted to throw women under the bus, some burning questions that the FBU leadership cannot ignore
LAST WEEK, DELEGATES attending the annual conference of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in Blackpool voted to support a highly-controversial emergency resolution claiming that a recent ruling by the supreme court – which held that women and men are defined by biological sex for the purposes of equalities law – was neither ‘sensible’ nor ‘workable’… Continue reading After annual conference voted to throw women under the bus, some burning questions that the FBU leadership cannot ignore - FBU annual conference to vote on ‘obscene’ resolution claiming women’s rights campaigners are motivated by ‘far-right ideologies’
DELEGATES ATTENDING THE annual conference of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in Blackpool this week will be asked to vote on an emergency resolution claiming that a legal campaign launched by women’s rights activists – and which resulted in the supreme court ruling that women and men are defined by biological sex for the purposes… Continue reading FBU annual conference to vote on ‘obscene’ resolution claiming women’s rights campaigners are motivated by ‘far-right ideologies’
Latest Tweets
Twitter feed is not available at the moment.