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Workplace and TU campaigns / Firefighters
19 December 2011
Public 'disgust and shock' at fire service cuts
It is no secret that Britain's Fire and Rescue Services are today fighting a war of survival, writes Sean Fleming, assistant secretary of Notts Fire Brigades Union
23 November 2011
South Yorkshire Fire Authority is planning to close four fire stations, take three engines out of service and cut 140 firefighters' jobs (20% of the workforce) by introducing four consecutive 24 hour shifts...
13 July 2011
Leeds college strike, Fire service job cuts,
Staffordshire NSSN
25 May 2011
Firefighters discuss strategy to fight cuts
Seventy delegates to the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) conference attended the official fringe meeting about how to fight the cuts, writes Hugh Caffrey, North West Socialist Party.
18 May 2011
Losing your home: More evidence that the government's austerity measures are pushing the economy back into recession comes from the latest house repossession figures...
2 February 2011
Discussing an electoral challenge to service cutters
On 18 January the general secretary of the FBU firefighters' union, Matt Wrack, visited Rugby fire station, writes Steve Roberts, Chair Warwickshire FBU.
Matt Wrack with firefighters at their rally and lobby MPs against cuts, photo Suzanne Beishon
23 November 2010
On 17 November FBU members from Gloucestershire joined the 2,000 firefighters who poured out of their rally at Westminster and blocked the road outside Parliament, writes Chris Moore, Gloucestershire Socialist Party.
Firefighters rally and lobby MPs against cuts, photo Suzanne Beishon
18 November 2010
Firefighters rally and lobby MPs against cuts
Over 2,000 firefighters packed into Westminster Central Hall on 17 November in a show of strength against the most brutal attacks on the fire service seen in decades...
Ian Leahair, Fire Brigades Union (FBU) executive council member for London, on picket line, photo Suzanne Beishon
11 November 2010
London firefighters' dispute: fight is not over
Editorial:
The London district committee of the firefighters' union, the FBU, voted by 19 to 3 to postpone its strike action planned for 5 and 6 November...
Ian Leahair, FBU London Regional Organiser, after being run down by engines crewed by strike breakers provided by the private firm AssetCo, photo Suzanne Beishon
3 November 2010
Pickets injured: Solidarity with London firefighters
The mood of striking London firefighters was made even more determined when two FBU members were hit by vehicles on picket lines on 1 November...
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