Firefighters to vote on strike action after rejecting pay deal
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Firefighters are to vote on strike action after rejecting a 5 per cent pay rise in an ongoing row over wages and conditions. In a statement, the FBU said that, in a consultative vote, 79 per cent of its members voted to reject the 5 per cent pay offer. Mr Wrack said: “This result of the consultative ballot, on a two week turnaround, shows that there is remarkable strength of feeling amongst firefighters and control staff on this derisory pay offer. Whilst strike action is always a last resort, our members simply can’t go on like this.” If firefighters vote to strike it would be the first national industrial action over pay since 2003.
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