Labour Party conference delegates unanimously passed an FBU-supported motion backing firefighters on pay.
Successful conference motions become Labour Party policy.
Labour leader Keir Starmer has failed to back striking workers and advised frontbench shadow cabinet members to stay away from picket lines.
The motion said: “Conference condemns the 2% pay offer made by fire employers to firefighters in June this year” and “is appalled by the 12% real-terms cut in average full-time firefighters’ pay (measured by CPI) since 2009”.
It also committed “the Labour Party to vigorously campaign alongside the FBU in defence of firefighters and their service”.
FBU general secretary Matt Wrack said: “The Labour Party must stand by workers as they fight for better pay. This is a significant step in the fight to make sure it does that.
“Firefighters are trying to protect the living standards of themselves and their families. They have seen years of disgracefully poor pay rises and have suffered from crisis after crisis, from the financial crash to austerity to the pandemic. They worked incredibly hard throughout the pandemic. Firefighters deserve fair pay and are preparing to fight for it.”
