Tag: Matt Wrack

  • Firefighters rally to defend Ashley Brown

    Firefighters rally to defend Ashley Brown

    Over 100 fire-fighters and supporters held a rally outside Hertfordshire County Council offices this morning to demand the reinstatement of Ashley Brown. The FBU member was dismissed by Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service in December following comments he made on social media regarding the unions industrial action in defence of pensions. Speaking to the rally…

  • VIDEO: #J10 Public sector strike

    VIDEO: #J10 Public sector strike

    Public sector workers in nine different unions were out on strike in force on 10 July 2014 in a magnificent show of strength to demand an end to the pay freeze. Local government workers in Unison, Unite and GMB; civil servants in the PCS and Nipsa, teachers in the NUT, fire-fighters in the FBU, and…

  • FBU strike over pensions 12-4 Today

    FBU strike over pensions 12-4 Today

    Full support from the NSSN on the FBU strike today in England & Wales. Please visit picket lines, wave, honk your support! (Leyton Picket via Suz B & wee James) As Martin Powell-Davies NSSN steering committee (& NUT NEC member) puts it: ‘ It’s hard enough to be expected to teach at 60+ – even…