FBU strike Threat
Socialist Press1981 1981-05-28Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 7 →
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The Fire Brigades Union voted unanimously last week to stage a series of one day strikes if their hard-won pay agreement is not restored this November.
Incoming General Secretary Ken Cameron outlined the way in which the deal had been unilaterally torn up by local authority employers following the 11th hour settlement of the last pay 9 week It had taken a nine week strike against the last Labour government to win the a teement which pegod fie 222"3 Tit The acceptance by the union's executive of a Jeal conceding the amount due but in separate six-mol thly stages has jeopardised this agreement.
Offensive And at the same time employers are pressing wholesale offensive on lobs and working conditions in the fire service-with up to 20,000 jobs under threat.
It will be necessary to press home the fight against not only Tory councils but the newly elected Labour county councils if this attack is to be repulsed.
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