RDS firefighters – Vote Yes for Fair Pay
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The union’s ballot for strike action ends on 30 January. Votes not received by 2pm on 30 January will not be counted. Due to the government’s restrictive anti-union laws this is a postal ballot only. Ballot papers have been sent out by post to all eligible FBU members (serving Grey Book members or...
New data reveals “hypocritical” fire bosses on six figure sums whilst firefighters forced to foodbanks
Fire service bosses are being paid six figure sums as firefighters face ‘real terms’ pay cuts and ‘In Work’ poverty. Chief fire officers are paid an average pay of £148,000, with the highest being £206,000 – over six times more than an ordinary firefighter (basic annual pay for a competent wholetime...
Vote on strike follows strong consultative ballot response
FBU members are voting on strike action after a resounding rejection of the “derisory” 5% pay offer. On a 78% turn out 79% voted to reject. The ballot on strike action will close on Monday 30 January. The FBU’s executive council is recommending a vote in favour of strike action. Matt Wrack, FBU...
Solidarity with nurses
Pat Cullen, general secretary and chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing, urges solidarity and support between firefighters and nurses as both contemplate strike action to protect patients and the public Nurses have said enough is enough – no longer can we accept that we are too important...
Strike action is always a last resort, but we are left with no other option
Strike action is always a last resort, but we are left with no other option. STRIKE BALLOT By the time you are reading this, you should have received a ballot paper in the post to your home address. This is undeniably a historic moment. If a national strike were to take place, it would be the first...
Driven by poverty pay
With only the third ever national fire service strike in prospect, Will Stone talks to FBU members involved in previous disputes November marked the 20th anniversary of the start of a nationwide strike by more than 50,000 firefighters over pay. It was a bitter dispute lasting more than six months...
Members’ message came back clear
We are in the middle of a national strike ballot on pay. The first in over 20 years. The importance and significance of this is huge. We should remind ourselves how we ended up here. In the summer, despite rampant inflation, our employers made us a 2% pay offer. FBU members were shocked and insulted...
Over two thousand firefighters and control staff rally in Westminster
On 6 December, over 2,000 firefighters and control staff from across the UK assembled in Westminster to protest low pay after their strike ballot opened yesterday. Extraordinary scenes saw speechmakers including MPs speaking to a packed Methodist Central Hall and hundreds of firefighters and control...
