🔥The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is proposing major changes to fire stations that could see station closures and reduced fire cover. Affected areas include stations in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Lanarkshire, Inverclyde, Fife, Dundee, Perth, the Borders and a number of others.🔥

ASLEF Mick Whelan ASLEF Met Line ASLEF Education TFC at ASLEF Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival Dave Ward CWU United Tech & Allied Workers (UTAW-CWU) Paul W Fleming Equity Naomi Pohl Musicians' Union Fran Heathcote PCS Union (pcs.org.uk) POA Mike Clancy Prospect Union Bectu Paul Whiteman NAHT NASUWT Matt Wrack #FBU at #Tolpuddle2025 🚒 (c) Photo credit #GFTU

Shocking that Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are refusing to pay the phlebotomists fairly for the important jobs they do UNISON - UK's largest union members there are strong and determined and it was a privilege to join the picket line this morning UNISON South West NHS England

✊Solidarity with striking Resident Doctors doctors! Resident doctors are overworked and underpaid. The government has a responsibility to restore their pay after decades of austerity. Firefighters stand with NHS resident doctors.

Tragic news, every firefighter lost is a reminder: wildfires aren’t just natural disasters - they’re political ones too. Solidarity with our sisters and brothers in Türkiye. This is why we fight for investment, safety, and public services.

🚨 Pay Cuts? Absolute Rubbish. 🚨 Proud to stand with Birmingham bin workers alongside FBU Reg6 East Midlands firefighters. No one should face a pay cut. No worker, ever!! 💪 Solidarity with the strikers — they deserve better. #SupportTheStrike #NoToPayCuts #BirminghamBinWorkers

✊🏻 members from FBU Region5 and beyond stand with striking workers ✊🏻Power concedes nothing without demand ✊🏻Victory to the Birmingham bin workers Unite Community Birmingham #BirminghamBinWorkers #StrikeMap

Dear Wes Streeting… What really undermines our movement is a Labour government that turns its back on workers and lashes out at unions instead of listening to them. This is a defining moment. Stop attacking those who keep our public services running.

Dear Wes Streeting This govt doesn’t do “working together” — unless you’re a billionaire. From Birmingham bin workers to resident doctors, the chaos is clear. Divide and rule: an old trick. Shameful to see it from our government. The BMA

Today we marched with Pride in Belfast! FBU were there in solidarity with our LGBT+ members 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

"They drive division, fear & hatred. We do not allow it and we fight against it with moments like this." Jamie Newell brings solidarity from firefighters against racist attacks on migrants from Enoch Powell to Nigel Farage. #Epping #RefugeesWelcome #Noracismnofascism

In the 1970s the Tories made secret plans for a more militarised police force to stifle dissent, attempt to destroy organised labour & the unions, introduce mass privatisation & legislate against workers & human rights otjc.org.uk/ridley-plan/ #RidleyPlan #MinersStrike

🔥Appliances from Balmossie, Kingsway, Blackness Road and Macalpine Road attend a serious fire in the early hours of this morning..residents evacuated and two women with serious injuries taken to hospital…our thoughts are with all involved🔥🚒Save Balmossie Fire & Ambulance Station Campign Fire Brigades Union FBU East

Today I’ll be in Bicester for the funeral of Firefighter Martyn Sadler, who tragically lost his life in the line of duty at the Bicester Motion fire. At 10:45am, Fire Brigades Union members across the country will hold a minute’s silence in his memory. We remember Martyn — and Jennie

At FBU conference, delegates voted to make health and safety a central priority, with the battle against PFAS 'forever chemicals' in firefighting foam and PPE at the forefront. These contaminants are linked to cancer, reproductive issues and other diseases.

Got a strike? See it Submit it Sort it Strikemap.org/submit #StrikeMap

On this day in 1973 a devastating fire ripped through Summerland leisure centre in the Isle of Man, killing 50 people and seriously injuring a further 80. Highly flammable acrylic Oroglas windows, inadequate ventilation and locked fire doors lead to the high death toll.

Today, FBU general secretary Steve Wright and national officer Tam McFarlane, met with Fire Fighters Charity CEO Sherine Wheeler and Director of Services Sharon Bailey for a positive discussion on our shared commitment to supporting and protecting firefighters and their families

35 years ago today, Neville Stocker lost his life in the line of duty while tackling a crop fire in Kent. We remember Neville Stocker.

"We express support for the independence of the Colombian judiciary...under criticism from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio." 20 Westminster politicians and 26 British/Irish trade unions back Colombia's justice system over the case of hard-right former president Álvaro Uribe.