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Essex fire crews call on Fire Chair Hedley to step in and break dispute deadlock
Essex fire crews are calling on Councillor Tony Hedley, Chair of Essex Fire Authority, to step in and break the deadlock in the bitter fire dispute over unnecessary frontline cuts and changes imposed without agreement. The union says that industrial relations are so problematic that senior managers...
Cambridgeshire fire crews stand ready to fight against even more frontline cuts
Fire crews across Cambridgeshire are warning they stand ready to respond with industrial action if the Fire Authority agree at their meeting this Thursday to make dangerous cuts to the frontline service. The cuts have been drawn up by Cambridgeshire’s fire chiefs in anticipation of yet further cuts...
Union hits out as District Auditor confirms no investigation into allegations of financial irregularities
The Fire Brigades Union says there is a risk of a cover up of alleged serious financial mismanagement and other practices at Essex fire service after the District Auditor says she will not investigate any allegations prior to 2010. The auditor and the fire authority are refusing to disclose a...
Essex fire crews give seven days' notice of strike ballot
Essex fire crews have given formal legal notice of a strike ballot in a dispute over frontline cuts and changes forced through without proper negotiation or agreement. The legal timetable governing ballots would typically mean no strike action can take place until 7 days after the ballot closes on...
Firefighters thank Barnet and Camden voters for electing Andrew Dismore and booting out Brian Coleman
Firefighters are thanking Barnet and Camden voters for electing Andrew Dismore to replace the disastrous Brian Coleman. Coleman was Boris Johnson’s appointee as chair of the London Fire Authority, a position which also propelled him into a key role in the fire service nationally. Coleman championed...
Essex FBU - Union condemns fire chief's comments as a bungling attempt to scupper talks
Essex Fire Brigades Union says no final decision has been taken to commence a ballot for industrial action in the Essex fire service. It has condemned the chief fire officer’s statement to the contrary as inaccurate and a bungling attempt to scupper possible talks and provoke a strike. At the very...
Fire service will be “unfit for purpose” if cuts go ahead firefighters warn local MPs
A dozen firefighters from across Wiltshire are travelling to Westminster on Tuesday 17 April to warn local MPs plans to slash £1.8 million from the Fire Authority budget would render the county’s fire service “not fit for purpose” and could cost lives. The controversial cuts package, put forward by...
