Revised pay proposal – consultation
Firefighters’ strike postponed after new pay offer put forward
Fire Brigades Union moves to ballot members on new pay offer after employers shift Resounding mandate for strike action crucial in achieving new offer Union says it will be “honest and sober” in discussion of offer, which is still below inflation The announcement of a firefighters' strike has been...
Scheme offering £1,000 a shift to break strikes an 'insult' and 'waste of public money'
Fire chiefs in Hertfordshire are offering firefighters £1,000 per shift to break strikes as part of a 'resilience fire cover' scheme. Following a decisive 88% yes vote for strike action, the Fire Brigades Union has given the government and employers until the 9th February to make a decent pay offer...
Firefighters deliver decisive mandate for industrial action
Firefighters across the UK have delivered a decisive mandate for strike action, with 88% voting Yes on a 73% turnout. The strike ballot opened on 5th December and closed on 30th January. Two separate simultaneous ballots, in Northern Ireland and among control room staff in the North West of England...
European Public Service Union challenges UK government's anti strike law
General Secretary of the European Public Service Union, Jan Willem Goudriaan, has sent Rishi Sunak a letter disputing the government's claims that imposing minimum service is 'in line with European countries'. The letter makes it clear these claims are false:
