Exclusive: Fire Brigades Union general secretary Matt Wrack is set to discover on Tuesday if members have voted for him to stay in post
Fate hanging in balance of top union boss who pushed Starmer over workers’ rights
The union leader most credited with pushing Sir Keir Starmer to keep Labour’s commitment to a dramatic overhaul of workers’ rights will soon discover if he has been reelected as general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU).
Matt Wrack, who has led the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) for two decades, is now seen as the last of “the awkward squad” generation who helped turn around the trade union movement, following last week’s announcement of the retirement of Mick Lynch as head the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT).
But the 62-year-old is facing a challenge as general secretary of the FBU from the union’s vice-president Steve Wright.
Fate hanging in balance of top union boss who pushed Starmer over workers’ rights