Final Bulletin for National Rally and Lobby

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Defend our fire service & lobby of Parliament 21.10.09

Brothers & Sisters Please support our control members and joins us in Westminster to lobby your MP on Wednesday 21st October 2009.  Contact your Brigade officials to find out times & travel arrangements.

How To Lobby Your MP

Brothers/Sisters, Many of you will be travelling to Westminster on the 21st October for the ‘Part of the Team’ campaign and will be planning to lobby your MP.  Please read on for a practical how-to  guide. HOW TO LOBBY YOUR MP ‘Lobbying’ means contacting your MP as a constituent, informing the MP of your concerns on an issue and asking the MP to do something. While you can meet the MP in the constituency, in this case the intention is to visit Parliament as part of a lobby organised by the FBU. Given the present standing of MPs following the expenses scandal, and an impending General Election, MPs are likely to be keener to meet constituents.  You…

All members circular: Paul Fletcher

TO:    ALL MEMBERS (REGION 12) cc:     Brigade Secretaries Dear Brother/Sister PAUL FLETCHER It is with deep regret that I have to inform you that in the early hours of Monday morning Brother Paul Fletcher, of the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, collapsed and died whilst attending an incident. Paul was recently elected as Chair of the Southern Region of the Fire Brigades Union, following on from the role of Region 12 ULR coordinator. He had started this position two years into the project, but he quickly progressed the Southern Region to the fore. He was instrumental in assisting the Isle of Wight to become the first F&RS in the UK to achieve the…