RichardBeeby

Suffolk Firefighter and Trade Unionist. Brigade Secretary for Suffolk FBU.
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[Fire Brigades Union @fbunational]

Thank you to all the firefighters, control staff, and other emergency service workers continuing to keep us safe today.

Solidarity and merry Christmas from the FBU 🎄

[RichardBeeby @BeebyR9]

@WilloAlan @nowak_paul You are aware that HR departments are there for the best interests of the company, not the employee, right?

[Fire Brigades Union @fbunational]

Buckinghamshire fire service is already overstretched, having lost over a third of its firefighters since 2010.

Now the service are proposing to:
❌Remove 7 retained fire engines
❌Close 2 fire stations

These plans will worsen response times and put firefighter safety at risk.

[Fire Brigades Union @fbunational]

Cuts Kill. Without proper funding in the fire service, firefighters won't be able to reach an incident in time to save lives.

The FBU is calling for an end to the cuts and immediate investment in recruiting, retaining and training crews.

[RichardBeeby @BeebyR9]

What a team to be a part of! Working on forging the best relationships possible to help the members of Suffolk ✊

[RichardBeeby @BeebyR9]

@Nigel_Farage Did Nathan Gill ask you to post this after taking another cheeky bribe Nigel?

[RichardBeeby @BeebyR9]

@AdamT9372 @fbunational @labourunionsuk @UnionSteveW That poster is brilliant for the cuts kill!

[Adam Taylor @AdamT9372]

The @fbunational stall at Labour conference in all its glory.

The message is clear: Cuts Kill , this government must & can prevent it.

Since 2010 -

12,000 firefighters
82 fire stations
200 fire engines
Cut!

UK fire service needs investment now & the FBU are demanding it

[Trades Union Congress @The_TUC]

Andrea Jenkyns just said public sector workers should be denied the right to strike - even though it’s a fundamental human liberty.

So much for being the workers’ party.

- @nowak_paul on #bbcaq

[Fire Brigades Union @fbunational]

ID cards are a distraction - they weren't in the manifesto.

It's time for Labour to deliver for workers and turn our society around. Our general secretary @UnionSteveW on Newsnight last night.

[Fire Brigades Union @fbunational]

🔥 Cuts to the fire service kill.

Across the UK, services are facing funding shortfalls of up to £800m, with more cuts on the way.

Listen to the latest FBU podcast on cuts.

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

We now have 300,000 people signed up and the establishment is clearly frightened.

Westminster is broken, but the real crisis is inequality: just fifty families now own more wealth than half the population.

Let’s change that together.

Join us: https://t.co/g0Ua1vOsEI

[Taj Ali @Taj_Ali1]

NEW: @wesstreeting has been slammed by several trade union general secretaries after claiming doctors' strikes undermine the trade union movement.

'Don't question the mandate of the doctors when your own constituents came within a whisker of removing you.'

[Jon Trickett MP @jon_trickett]

Today - along with other rebels - I got an email from Party Authorities telling me I voted in Parliament against the Govts welfare reforms 6 times in one day.
I don't repent my votes.
I was elected on a pledge to stand by working class electors and above all the poorest.

[Strike Map @strike_map]

JUST IN 🚨| @fbunational young members school is backing #Megapicket 2 on 25 July.

See you there: https://t.co/SwqtoeebRt

#StrikeMap

[Suffolk FBU @SuffolkFBU]

Suffolk FBU Brigade Secretary @BeebyR9 chairing the 1st ever @fbunational young members school
✊✊✊

[Fire Brigades Union @fbunational]

This week marks the FBU's first ever young members school!

Young firefighters and control workers aged 21-29 from across the UK have come together to:
🔥 Share ideas and experiences
🔥 Learn from each other
🔥 Build solidarity and organise

The next generation are actively building the future they want to see in the fire service.

[Steve Wright @UnionSteveW]

Since the Spending Review on 11 June, firefighters have been at Westminster every Wednesday, meeting MPs to raise urgent issues.

We'll be there weekly until Parliament recess, and continue campaigning through summer, autumn, and beyond.

The Fire and Rescue Service needs immediate funding and investment, and firefighters know this firsthand.

Austerity has decimated the fire service: 12,000+ firefighter jobs cut, funding slashed by 30% since 2010.

The Government must invest, restore jobs, and reverse the damage of Tory austerity.

[Eastern Fire Brigades Union @EasternFBU]

In July 2022 managers used the term unprecedented but just one degree less and it would have been just another hot day. 5 out of 6 of our services declared major incidents. Services have failed to manage risk properly and we again face the threat of a hot summer and short crewing

[Suffolk FBU @SuffolkFBU]

Today long serving Suffolk FBU Chair Phil Johnston attended his last ever brigade committee meeting before retiring. On behalf of all Suffolk FBU members we would like to extend a huge thanks for his years of dedication to defending and improving their terms & contributions 👏✊