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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 ...
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 ...
Horner was born and grew up in the working-class London suburb of Walthamstow, the son of an illiterate building labourer.Encouraged by his mother, he won a rare scholarship to the Sir George Monoux Grammar School but his father's work was irregular and because of the pressure on family finances, the headmaster advised Horner to skip a year of schooling to matriculate early. [1]
The union is drawing up its own set of standards for the fire and rescue sector.
Kingsland Fire Station was also closed during the cuts of 2014 and Wrack attended the protest at the closure. [7] Wrack held various positions in the Fire Brigades Union at branch, area and regional level. He worked with Mick Shaw on the North East London Area Committee where both became at various stages secretary and chair.
Known as a socialist, Cameron undertook much activity in support of Nelson Mandela and against apartheid in South Africa. [3] From 1981 to 1983, and again from 1991 until 1999, he served on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), [ 4 ] He was a supporter of rights for the people of Palestine and in 1982, was the first person to ...
He served in the Royal Navy in the Pacific during World War II, and joined the Fire Service in Birmingham as soon as he was demobbed. [2] Parry rapidly became active in the Fire Brigades Union, and was elected as its President in 1959. [3] In 1964, he beat Enoch Humphries by 2,000 votes to become General Secretary of the union. Humphries was ...