Report - Fire Brigades Union

More documents

Recommendations

Info

SECTION G — INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 Region 7 Region 8 Region 9 Region 10 Region 11 Region 12 Region 13 NWC NLGBT NRC B&EMM ONC CSNC Graham Wilkinson Neil Thompson (now vacant) Tom Murray Brian Moss Chris Howells Brian Hooper Joe MacVeigh Mark Simmons Allison Burrows Phil Jordan Kerry Baigent Pat Carberry Harry Cotter Samantha Samuels Pete Moss Sue Offland There were no appeals to the final appeals committee in 2010. G10 Firefighter magazine and communications Firefighter magazine is distributed to 55,000 addresses and is the most widely read fire and rescue service publication. It is direct mailed to members and out of trade members at home, with copies also going to all branches. The magazine is also sent to all MPs and to key opinion formers and policy makers within the fire and rescue service. During 2010 the union published nine issues of Firefighter, as in the previous year. It featured articles on the Cumbria floods, the Marlie Farm and Southampton firefighter fatalities, FiReControl, fire and rescue service cuts, response times, the Blitz, the Comprehensive Spending Review and the union’s lobby in November 2010. Other issues featured were pensions, education, pay, Colombia and the general election. Proud of in advance of the Comprehensive Spending Review. It also assisted with the publication of Firefighters and the Blitz, written by Francis Beckett for the FBU, and which had wide media coverage on the 70th anniversary of those events. In addition, we also produced one A5 bulletin on the general election and four A5 bulletins for the national lobby. Other publications included an A4 four-page Response bulletin for control members, an A4 four-page bulletin Pay more, work longer, get less on pensions, as well as two A5 Vote yes strike bulletins and public leaflet to assist London members with their dispute. This year the executive council instructed the department to revamp the FBU website, which had become dated. Work began in October 2010, with a new site in operation from January 2011. This work is ongoing, but should enable the union to integrate its communications and make better use of new media such as social networking. Firefighter and other publications are available on the national website which contains key information about the union, campaigns and publications. All officials have access to all Labour Research Department publications online to assist with campaigning and support for local negotiating initiatives. LRD publications and the FBU pay and conditions database – also available to officials – are both fully searchable. G11 National LGBT committee report 2010 National representatives: Executive council member Chair Secretary Stewart Brown Yannick Dubois Pat Carberry The magazine won “trade union magazine of the year” at the TUC Communications Awards in the previous year, and it continued with broadly the same format and columns as before, such as the Day Off feature and the impertinent Station Cat. However, from October 2010 it was refreshed to incorporate new fonts and styles, in line with publishing industry best practice. The communications and research department also published three issues of the women members’ magazine, Siren; two issues of the new officers’ magazine, The Officer Issue; one issue of the black and ethnic minority members’ magazine, Advisor; and one issue of the LGBT members’ magazine, Flagship. These were also refreshed as part of the Firefighter redesign. Regional representatives: Region 1 Stephen Mitchell Region 2 Vacant Region 3 John Arnold Region 4 Vacant Region 5 Vacant Region 6 Vacant Region 7 Vacant Region 8 Lloyd Ketcher Region 9 Kevin Gutherson Region 10 Norman Perry (to October) Lucy Masoud (post October) Region 11 Vacant Region 12 Alli Burrows Region 13 Vacant The department continued to produce authoritative reports with College Hill Press. It published a detailed report on Climate Change, a response to the Audit Commission, the response campaign report It’s About Time, and A Service to be The LGBT committee met throughout 2010 on the following dates: 22 February Full business meeting Head office 114 FBU Annual Report 2011
SECTION G — INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION 18 May Annual conference delegation meeting 18 June Full business meeting 30 June TUC LGBT conference delegates meeting 1 October Full business meeting 16 December Full business meeting committee AGM Southport Regional office, Region 13, Bristol Thistle Hotel, Russell Square Head office Head office The following dates have been booked for LGBT committee meetings for 2011: 17 February 2011 17June 2011 7 October 2011 12 December 2011 13 December 2011 – AGM All meetings are scheduled to be held at FBU head office. FBU committees: National fairness at work committee Final appeals committee Education committee Health and safety coordinators Alli Burrows Pat Carberry Yannick Dubois Pat Carberry FBU annual conference 2010 Our presence at conference 2010 consisted of Alli Burrows, Kevin Gutherson and Pat Carberry as delegates with Yannick Dubois as the delegation official. On the programme of business we had a total of three resolutions. The first one to be debated was resolution 66, Membership database. We withdrew this resolution as by the time conference had occurred most of the content of the resolution had been achieved and Paul Woolstenholmes was in the process of revising and updating the database by means of an all-members’ survey. Resolution 53, Census – exclusion of the question on sexual orientation 2011, was withdrawn with the right to speak. Pat Carberry addressed conference and explained that the reason for withdrawal was down to the fact that the draft census order had passed through both Houses of Parliament which makes it law. Therefore the campaigning called for in the resolution would not have achieved any change in the census content. Conference was appraised of the motives behind bringing the resolution to conference and the concerns about the exclusion of the question in the census. Resolution 57, International LGBT campaigning, was moved by Pat Carberry and seconded by B&EMM. The resolution carried unanimously. Alli Burrows seconded resolution 51, Domestic violence, being moved by the women’s committee. Conference endorsed the necessary rule change to acknowledge we are no longer the G&L but the LGBT committee. CLG equality and diversity strategy Following the general election we have witnessed a change of government and also a change in commitment to the equality and diversity strategy. Within weeks of election the new coalition government fire minister Bob Neill, whilst addressing the Fire and Rescue conference, announced that this government would no longer be setting national targets on who fire authorities should be employing and would leave such decisions up to those local authorities. This decision has impacted on the CLG fire and rescue service equality and diversity strategy and effectively removed it, giving no overall central guidance on what is expected in terms of achievement in this area. All of the FBU minority sections had worked with CLG in the production of the strategy and believe that there still remains a need for bench marking. Comprehensive Spending Review In light of the position stated by the fire minister with regards to equality and diversity in the service and the application of an expectation to produce 25% savings, the LGBT committee is concerned that equality and diversity will suffer as a result of these imposed spending cuts. Flagship As in recent years, once again in 2010 we published one edition of Flagship. We are very grateful for the assistance and support of Paul Hampton from head office and look forward to working with him in the production of future editions. TUC LGBT conference 2010 We sent our usual delegation to the TUC LGBT conference on 1-2 July this year. Once again Stewart Brown, our executive council member, was elected onto the TUC LGBT committee. This year our FBU delegation brought a motion on domestic abuse (details can be found on the TUC LGBT conference report). LGBT conference, East Sussex On 6 August a conference specifically aimed at LGBT issues was hosted by East Sussex fire and rescue service and endorsed by the Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA). Members of the LGBT committee, particularly our chair Yannick Dubois, were instrumental in the planning and delivery of this conference. Relationships with CFOA are at times strained but it is worth noting that on occasions we can work together to achieve benefits for all the stakeholders of the fire and rescue service. Pride events Members of the LGBT committee attended fewer Pride events for 2010 in order to reduce expenditure and more effectively use resources. Members of the committee attended two main events, London Pride and Brighton Pride. Committee members were able to attend London Pride as it occurred immediately after the TUC LGBT conference, so keeping costs to a minimum. The committee and members were able to attend Brighton Pride as it coincided with the LGBT conference FBU Annual Report 2011 115
Page 1:
The Fire Brigades Union Executive C
Page 4 and 5:
MICK SHAW President MATT WRACK Gene
Page 6 and 7:
Executive council members (continue
Page 8 and 9:
Section D Pensions 91 Section E AIF
Page 10 and 11:
8 FBU Annual Report 2011
Page 12 and 13:
Page 14 and 15:
SECTION A — NATIONAL JOINT COUNCI
Page 16 and 17:
Page 18 and 19:
Page 20 and 21:
Page 22 and 23:
Page 24 and 25:
Page 26 and 27:
Page 28 and 29:
Page 30 and 31:
Page 32 and 33:
SECTION B — FIRE AND RESCUE SERVI
Page 34 and 35:
Page 36 and 37:
Page 38 and 39:
Page 40 and 41:
Page 42 and 43:
Page 44 and 45:
Page 46 and 47:
Page 48 and 49:
Page 50 and 51:
Page 52 and 53:
Page 54 and 55:
Page 56 and 57:
Page 58 and 59:
Page 60 and 61:
Page 62 and 63:
Page 64 and 65:
Page 66 and 67: SECTION B — FIRE AND RESCUE SERVI
Page 84 and 85: SECTION C — TUC AND LABOUR MOVEME
Page 94 and 95: SECTION D — PENSIONS On 8 Decembe
Page 96 and 97: SECTION D — PENSIONS included pap
Page 98 and 99: SECTION E — AIF 2010 Accident and
Page 100 and 101: SECTION F — LEGAL REPORT absence
Page 102 and 103: SECTION F — LEGAL REPORT brunt of
Page 104 and 105: SECTION G — INTERNAL ADMINISTRATI
Page 142 and 143: 140 FBU Annual Report 2011
Page 144 and 145: SECTION H — EDUCATION The review
Page 146 and 147: SECTION H — EDUCATION The final s
Page 148 and 149: SECTION H — EDUCATION two worksho
Page 150 and 151: SECTION H — EDUCATION The new FBU
Page 154 and 155: SECTION I — FAIRNESS AT WORK Ther
Page 158 and 159: SECTION J — HEALTH & SAFETY shown
Page 160 and 161: SECTION J — HEALTH & SAFETY WCPSs
Page 162 and 163: SECTION J — HEALTH & SAFETY a num
Page 164 and 165: SECTION J — HEALTH & SAFETY These
Page 166 and 167:
SECTION J — HEALTH & SAFETY CFOA
Page 168 and 169:
SECTION K — ACCOUNTS 2010 AND FIN
Page 170 and 171:
Page 172 and 173:
Page 174 and 175:
Page 176 and 177:
Page 178 and 179:
Page 180 and 181:
Page 182 and 183:
Page 184 and 185:
Page 186:
show all

Report - Fire Brigades Union

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?