Fbu Sell Out
Socialist Press1978 1978-11-22Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 11 →
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THIS SLOUD MERSETSID PHOTO: John Sturrock, Report The Fire Brigades Union has called a full conference of the union on November 28 at which they will be proposing accepting an employers' document on the implementation of the 42 hour week.
This document means attacks on all the conditions in the Fire Service.
Included in the document is a new disputes procedure, which involves the setting up of a disputes panel.
It would mean that no brigade would be able to cut without the involvement of high-ranking • union official.
All manning levels are under attack. A "day manning" system is being introduced. whereby station which at the moment has a staff of 40 could be reduced to 8.
This would involve firemen having houses next to the station and being on call from their houses.
The EC is not disputing the introduction of the scheme but saying that the extra 32 should be phased out through non-replacement as they leave.
At the moment the normal situation is for two machines to go to a fire, with five men on the first and four on the second.
The employers want four on each. They also want, labour, to send out a machine with only three men and with another to follow.
The employers also want extra commitment to operational duties such as checking fire installations.
Already there is opposition developing within the union to the executive's sell-out.
Liverpool and Birmingham brigades have come out against it.### MERSEYSIOE SOLD tip FBU militants lobby their
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