Firefighters reject below-inflation pay offer and will ballot on strike action
Dept. of Below-The-Attention-Of-The-BBC: I saw this tweet from Fire Brigades Union general secretary Matt Wrack…
Overwhelming!
FBU members vote by 79% to REJECT employers’ pay offer (pay cut).We will now write to employers and government/s.
Our Executive Council will now plan for a strike ballot. #FairPayOrFireStrike
— Matt Wrack (@MattWrack) November 14, 2022
So – nurses are to strike, civil servants are to strike, and now the fire brigades are preparing to do the same.
I clicked across to the BBC website to read the report on what this means for the Tory government in what is fast shaping up to be a Year of Discontent among working people.
Nothing.
Fortunately, other news purveyors have been quicker off the mark. Here’s the Evening Standard:
FBU general secretary Matt Wrack, said: “FBU members have spoken. This result, on a two-week turnaround, shows that there is remarkable strength of feeling amongst firefighters and control staff on this derisory pay offer.
“The ball is in the employers’ and Government’s court. There is still an opportunity to resolve this dispute and we will be writing to Fire Ministers and Government departments across the UK requesting urgent meetings.
“We have firefighters using foodbanks. Our members worked through the pandemic to help protect their communities, taking on extra duties to do so.
“A further real-terms pay cut is an absolutely disgusting way to thank them. Whilst strike action is always a last resort, our members simply can’t go on like this.”
Source: Firefighters reject 5% pay offer, paving way for ballot on strike action
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;Everybody out!’ Soon there will be a national strike and the fascist tories will still be singing ‘can’t hear you cos we think we can keep you disposable peasants under our control with just a pittance for salaries!’
Meanwhile £8 million of our public money is thrown away by the fascist tories because they think giving this money to the French government will magically solve issue of refugees daring (how dare they!) to enter little England!