The long running firefighters’ pension dispute is set to continue following a special conference of the FBU in Manchester this week.
Following its recall conference the FBU confirmed that further strike action will take place as part of the union’s industrial dispute with the Westminster government over pensions.
Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, said: “Firefighters in England will strike for a 24 hour period in the coming weeks. We will finalise details soon.
“Firefighters are outraged at the behaviour of the Westminster fire minister Penny Mordaunt and her boss Eric Pickles, who misled Parliament by falsely claiming that they had introduced a statutory guarantee that a firefighter failing a fitness test through no fault of their own would receive a full and unreduced pension.
“After investigation, it is now clear beyond doubt that no fire service employer agrees that any such guarantee exists. The response from the fire service employers have shown very clearly that Parliament has been misled to allow the government to force through attacks on firefighter pensions.
“Firefighters cannot accept these pension changes as they take no proper account of the real work firefighters do. It is outrageous that the only way the government could win a vote on this is by blatantly misleading MPs.”
