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The Air Raid Precautions Act (1937) contained provisions for recruiting a volunteer force of auxiliaries to supplement existing fire brigades, which were called up on 1 September 1939. The 95,000 called up (89,000 men, 6,000 women) formed the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) far outnumbered the around 6,000 full-time regulars. AFS firefighters were ...
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Fire Brigades Union [1995] UKHL 3 is a House of Lords case concerning the awarding of compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. The case is considered significant in constitutional terms for its ruling on the extent of ministerial prerogative powers.
The 2002–2003 UK firefighter dispute was a period of nationwide strike action which began when the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) voted to strike in an attempt to secure better salaries. The FBU demanded a 39 percent increase in pay, which would have brought the average firefighter's wage to around £30,000 (equivalent to £61,642 in 2023).
Matt Wrack, who has led the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) for two decades, is now seen as the last of “the awkward squad” generation who helped turn around the trade union movement, following last ...
As a member of the Fire Brigades Union, he became a member of the executive council in 1993, a position he held until 2000. He was a national officer from 1996 to 2000 and General Secretary from 2000 to 2005, leading the FBU through the 2002-2003 UK firefighter dispute before he was voted out in favour of Matt Wrack in 2005.
He joined the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), becoming a full-time official and then, in 1980, its general secretary. [2] His appointment was supported by his predecessor, Terry Parry , and also by Mick McGahey of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). [ 1 ]
A Goodreads account seemingly belonging to Luigi Mangione, the suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has surfaced.. The account has come to light ...
Horner's landmark achievement was the Home Office's recognition that the Union was a stakeholder in the fire service with a legitimate voice in how it should be organised and managed. [ 1 ] As the War drew to an end, the auxiliary firefighters returned to their peacetime jobs and by 1948 the FBU membership had shrunk to around 18000, about ...