FIREFIGHTERS NEXT TO SEEK STRIKE ACTION
Daily Mirror UK|June 29, 2022
999 crews furious at 2% pay offer.
GRAHAM HISCOTT
FIREFIGHTERS NEXT TO SEEK STRIKE ACTION

FIREFIGHTERS yesterday joined the growing list of workers threatening to strike over pay.

It came as 115,000 postal workers began voting on whether to strike.

The Fire Brigades Union is recommending members reject a 2% offer, claiming that between 2009 and 2021 members' real wages have been cut by 12% or nearly £4,000.

General secretary Matt Wrack said: "This pay offer is utterly inadequate and would deliver a further cut in real wages to firefighters in all roles.

This story is from the June 29, 2022 edition of Daily Mirror UK.

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