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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.
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 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 ...
The union is drawing up its own set of standards for the fire and rescue sector.
The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 (c. 39) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom affecting UK labour law designed to force trade union workers in England, Scotland and Wales to provide a minimum service during a strike in health, education services, fire and rescue, border security, transport and nuclear decommissioning. [1]
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).
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