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Firefighters struggle with rising costs as union urges members to reject 5% deal

Fire Brigades Union (FBU) chiefs have warned firefighters are being “forced” to go to food banks and are struggling to pay their energy bills as they recommend members reject the latest 5% pay offer. The FBU consultative ballot will open on Monday, ...

19 Oct 2022 at 10:50

Increasing number of workers taking strike action over pay

The number of workers on strike or voting to take industrial action is increasing, threatening a winter of disruption to services ranging from the NHS and transport to postal deliveries and universities. Here are some of the disputes which have ...

10 Nov 2022 at 18:15

Scotland

Son ‘overwhelmed’ as plaque honours firefighter father who died in line of duty

The son of a firefighter who died trying to rescue a woman trapped in a blaze 50 years ago has said he is “proud and overwhelmed” to see his memory honoured with a special plaque. Adrian McGill, who was 34 and a father-of-three, is thought to ...

18 Nov 2022 at 17:33

Wave of strikes set to be held across the country

Strike action by workers across the country in disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and conditions is set to escalate in the weeks before Christmas, with the likelihood of industrial action continuing into 2023. Here are some of the strikes or ...

23 Nov 2022 at 17:57

Firefighters and control room staff to be balloted for strikes over pay

Tens of thousands of firefighters and control room staff are to be balloted for strikes over pay in the latest outbreak of industrial unrest sweeping the country, it was announced on Tuesday. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said 32,500 of ...

06 Sept 2022 at 09:13

Scotland

Firefighters could become latest to walk out over pay complaints

Firefighters across Scotland are being urged to back the first strike over pay in two decades after a union blasted a below-inflation deal as “insulting”. Ballots asking if the Fire Brigades Union should strike will begin dropping ...

05 Dec 2022 at 01:01

Union warns firefighters may ‘feel forced’ to take strike action

Firefighters may “feel forced” to take strike action in an ongoing dispute over pay, union leaders have warned. Members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) are currently being balloted on strike action after recently rejecting a 5% ...

29 Dec 2022 at 20:31

New anti-strikes law will ‘poison’ industrial relations, ministers warned

New laws requiring minimum levels of service from ambulance staff, firefighters and railway workers during industrial action risk triggering a fresh clash with the unions, ministers have been warned. Business Secretary Grant ...

10 Jan 2023 at 11:56

Young workers to bear £19bn cost of fixing pension scheme wrongdoing, court told

The Government is unlawfully passing on the £19 billion cost of fixing discriminatory pension rules to public sector workers, trade unions have argued at the High Court. The British Medical Association (BMA) and the Fire ...

01 Feb 2023 at 12:12

Firefighters accept revised pay deal to avert strikes

Firefighters have voted to accept a pay deal aimed at averting strike action, with a union leader hailing the settlement as a “testament to the power of collective action”. An improved offer was made in February to the ...

06 Mar 2023 at 16:25

Scotland

Plaques honour firefighters killed in line of duty in 1962

Plaques have been unveiled to honour two firefighters killed in the line of duty. They were installed during a ceremony at Blackness Road Fire Station in Dundee on Thursday to honour John Buist and William Carnegie. ...

13 Apr 2023 at 12:00

Scotland

Ministers urged to act after research finds firefighters more at risk of cancer

Ministers have been urged to introduce compensation legislation for firefighters after research revealed cancer mortality rates are significantly higher for fire service personnel. Scottish Green MSP Maggie Chapman ...

19 Jan 2023 at 15:02

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