We have just come to the end of a 48 hour strike by all our full time firefighters. Some retained (reserve) stations kept going but for the rest of the country we have had to make do with 50 year old Green Godess military fire tenders (top speed 30 mph, no radios, 2 small blue lights on top and a bell(
), no siren and a small 30ft ladder) crewed by service personnel with little firefighting training and no rescue training (so cannot use the hydraulic lifting or cutting gear).
The FBU (Fire Brigade Union) want a 40% pay rise. They have been offered 17% and turned it down. The next strike is scheduled for next Friday and will last 8 days (
)
Have your firefighters been on strike where you are and if so, what happened. To give you an idea of what happened here in the last 24 hrs, amongst others, an old man died in a house fire last night. The house was 1/2 mile from where firefighters were standing outside their station on a picket line. They have said today they could have attended in 2 minutes. The Green Godess that did attend came from some distance away and took over 20 minutes to arrive.
What do ya think?
Oh, btw, the head of the FBU, Andy Gilcrest (earns the salary of someone 3 steps up the ladder from him because of his union work)has a poster of Che Guevarra in his office and his 2 deputies have been to Iraq and pledged "the support of the FBU in the socialist struggle of the opressed Iraqi people"
PS, Police officers over here, by law, cannot strike.
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The FBU (Fire Brigade Union) want a 40% pay rise. They have been offered 17% and turned it down. The next strike is scheduled for next Friday and will last 8 days (
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Have your firefighters been on strike where you are and if so, what happened. To give you an idea of what happened here in the last 24 hrs, amongst others, an old man died in a house fire last night. The house was 1/2 mile from where firefighters were standing outside their station on a picket line. They have said today they could have attended in 2 minutes. The Green Godess that did attend came from some distance away and took over 20 minutes to arrive.
What do ya think?
Oh, btw, the head of the FBU, Andy Gilcrest (earns the salary of someone 3 steps up the ladder from him because of his union work)has a poster of Che Guevarra in his office and his 2 deputies have been to Iraq and pledged "the support of the FBU in the socialist struggle of the opressed Iraqi people"
PS, Police officers over here, by law, cannot strike.
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