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Firefighters facing ‘in-work poverty’, says union

FBU claims fire service bosses are being paid up to six times more than firefighters.

The Independent UK

Fire Brigades Union warns 'disaster only avoided by luck' due to staff shortages

The FBU chairman told the ECHO: "It's purely a matter of time before a fire engine can't make it to an incident."

Liverpool Echo

Firefighters strike ballot delayed by Royal Mail strikes as ministers warned of further walk outs in 2023

The Fire Brigades Union rejected a 5% pay increase earlier this year

Evening Standard

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Anger over 'obscene' £70-an-hour job ad for reserve firefighters

'Should we go on strike the service will pay amateurs dressed in our uniforms up to £70 an hour... A development firefighter in their first two years is on £11.51 an hour to go out to life-threatening emergencies'

Wales Online

How much do firefighters earn now, after their new pay deal?

Fire Brigades Union members had threatened to strike but a deal has now been reached.

Evening Standard

Merseyside firefighters to take industrial action for up to 6 months

The union says its members are facing a reduction in staffing numbers and new shift systems

Liverpool Echo

Firefighters to ballot for strike action after rejecting five percent pay offer

It would be the first strike for pay in 20 years

Manchester Evening News

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Firefighters pay strike vote to begin in days with result by end of January

If the Fire Brigades Union members vote for a national strike, it would be the first since action over pensions between 2013 and 2015 and the first on pay since 2002/03

Daily Mirror

Fire union made sections for members after 'dangerous levels' of prejudice

It comes after a damning independent culture review of London Fire Brigade

Wales Online

Fire union set up sections due to ‘discrimination, harassment and inequality’

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has acknowledged ‘extremely alarming’ reported incidents of racism and misogyny.

The Independent UK

Plaque unveiled for firefighters who died when building collapsed in Derry

Leonard McCartney and Lexie Wylie died in the line of duty on 21 November, 1971

Belfast Live

Firefighters relying on foodbanks and close to quitting service

"I think we're worth more, to be honest, I really do"

Liverpool Echo

Firefighters to vote on whether to strike after rejecting 5% pay offer

The Fire Brigades Union said that some firefighters are being forced to use foodbanks despite working through the pandemic and carrying out lifesaving and dangerous work

Wales Online

Firefighters to vote on strike action after rejecting pay deal

Ballots to start on 5 December

The Independent UK

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Wales Online

Firefighters could strike after rejecting 5% pay offer

Union members voted against the offer by 79%. It means firefighters could strike.

Liverpool Echo

Merseyside firefighters to stage industrial action that could last up to six months

Union members voted 'overwhelmingly' in favour

Evening Standard

London Fire Brigade criticised over rehiring retired senior staff in ‘tax-saving’ measure

Union said rehiring retired senior staff showed bosses were ‘gaming system’ to ‘rob taxpayers’

Manchester Evening News

Warning that Bonfire Night may leave firefighters 'too stretched to cope'

“Communities should know that their fire and rescue service is far weaker than it should be"

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Daily Record

Scots firefighter who died tackling hotel blaze 44 years ago honoured with plaque

Alexander 'Sandy' Drummond was lost his life in fire which badly damaged the Crinan Hotel in Argyll and Bute in 1978.

The National (Scotland)

Plaque unveiled in memory of firefighter who died in line of duty

A PLAQUE has been unveiled in memory of a firefighter who died in the line of duty tackling a blaze at a hotel 44 years ago.

Insider UK

Firefighters take pay fight to Holyrood in ‘biggest protest in years’

Fresh BT and Openreach strikes also set to take place today

Daily Record

Firefighters take pay fight to Holyrood in ‘biggest protest in years’

The Fire Brigade Union previously said low pay meant firefighters were being forced to go to food banks amid the cost-of-living crisis

Liverpool Echo

Merseyside fire unions ballot over industrial action short of a full strike

Members began placing ballots on Tuesday and can do so until next month

Chronicle Live

A firefighter strike could be on the horizon - and our fire authority blames the government

The Fire Brigades Union is currently in dispute with the government over staff pay

The Independent UK

Firefighters urged to reject improved pay offer

The FBU says the 5% offer is a ‘significant’ real terms pay cut.

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