Pay Formula

It is apparent that the pay and conditions of public sector workers shall be attacked following the general election of 2010 regardless of the political party in power. This is as a direct result of the reckless greed of deregulated financial capitalism in pursuing and maximising short term profit, incentivised by unwarranted bonuses that has virtually bankrupted our economy and led to the unprecedented multi billion pound bail out by the Government, funded with public money. Therefore Conference instructs the Executive Council to negotiate the introduction of an agreed annual pay formula that shall ensure firefighters pay shall rise in line with percentage increases in the pay of an appropriate comparator group of skilled workers/professionals. This agreed formula to be provided without detriment to existing conditions of service and not be subject to any public sector pay restraint measures introduced as a result of the financial crisis. Progress on this matter is to be reported to FBU members as soon as is practicably possible.