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Veteran FBU leader Matt Wrack nominated by NASUWT executive for general secretary
Matt Wrack speaks to the media, next to the Grenfell Memorial Wall in west London, September 4, 2024

FORMER Fire Brigades Union (FBU) leader Matt Wrack looks likely to become the next general secretary of NASUWT.

The teaching union’s executive has named Mr Wrack, who was a thorn in the side of both Labour and Tory governments during his 20-year leadership of the FBU, as its preferred candidate to replace Dr Patrick Roach later this year.

He was a firefighter before becoming a trade union official and also served as TUC president in 2023-24.

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