Bosses feel the heat: FBU members protest in Yorkshire
Workers Power 339
South Yorkshire Fire Brigades Union (FBU) held a successful demonstration in Barnsley on 28 September more…
Liverpool firefighters must fight on
Workers Power 309 – October 2006
As 1,000 Merseyside firefighters return to work after a 26-day strike, James Roberts asks what have they won. more…
‘Class struggle is 12 months a year’
Workers Power 287 - June 2004
Workers Power interviewed sacked firefighter Steve Godward about the situation in the FBU. Steve is chair of the Grassroots FBU a rank and file group. He is also standing as an Independent Socialist candidate for Erdington more…
FBU strike: time to stand up for stand down time
Workers Power 287 - June 2004
The bosses say that a key element of “modernising” the fire brigades is that firefighters give up their “stand down” time. Stand down time is that period - from midnight to 7.00am - when lazy firefighters get money for snoozing away on the job. Get rid of this, said the bosses, or we hold back this year’s 3.5 per cent pay rise. more…
FBU conference votes to disaffiliate from Labour and for further strike action
Workers Power 288 - July / August 2004
FBU rank & file: take control to win!
The Brighton Conference of the FBU rejected the 16 per cent deal that Andy Gilchrist and the union executive had recommended swallowing. more…
Blair's war at home
Workers Power 273 - Mar 2003
Asylum: lies, damned lies and the British press Every day the tabloid press has another headline attacking asylum seekers. New Labour Home Secretary David Blunkett has not only failed to challenge these lies, but reinforces them with new laws stripping refugees of their rights. more…
Firefighters need a rank and file movement
Workers Power 281 - Dec 2003
In June this year FBU leader Andy Gilchrist claimed that the union had won significant concessions from the bosses Ê"three and a half of our four pillars". On the strength of this, members voted narrowly to end the dispute, writes Mark Hoskisson. more…
FBU: Let down by the leadership
Workers Power 271 - January 2003
Andy Gilchrist and the FBU leadership have failed to build on a solid strike and instead look like settling for 16 per cent with strings more…
Firefighter speaks out
