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Horner then began organising auxiliaries, winning endorsement of this at the 1940 conference of the regular section of the union and saw the union's membership increase from 3,500 in 1939 to 66,500 in 1940. [9] As a result of the London Blitz, the fire service was nationalised in 1941 by the powers of the Fire Services (Emergency Provisions) Bill.
Steve Wright (born 1982 or 1983) is a British trade union leader. In 2001, Wright followed his father in becoming a firefighter, initially with the Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service . He joined the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), and became a branch representative in 2002, during a union campaign on pay.
The union is drawing up its own set of standards for the fire and rescue sector.
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has acknowledged ‘extremely alarming’ reported incidents of racism and misogyny. Fire union set up sections due to ‘discrimination, harassment and inequality ...
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.
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In 1913, Bradley recruited the MEA's London Fire Brigade branch to NUCW and became its branch secretary. [2] After the conclusion of a dispute with London County Council, the branch split from the NUCW and instead affiliated with George Gamble's Firemen's Trade Union. Gamble left the union in 1922, and Bradley took over as General Secretary of ...
The fire brigades union and the police secured favourable pay settlements, which broke the link, and by 1989, ambulance workers were paid 11% less than firefighters. [1]: 128 The ambulance workers, represented by five trade unions, considered that they had been forgotten and that the service was being run "on the cheap".