Firefighters in Plymouth have walked out for a fourth time today (Wednesday 13 November) over pensions and the age of retirement. The four-hour strike action took place between 10am and 2pm.
The action by firefighters in England and Wales follows a deadlock in talks between the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and government over pensions and retirement age.
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has announced further strike action in England and Wales between 10am and 2pm on Wednesday 13 November.
The plans for the latest in a series of walkouts comes after what the union has described as "unnecessary and inflammatory" action by the government's Fire Minister Brandon Lewis MP.
The FBU claims that three hours before firefighters were due to...
Firefighters have announced that a fourth strike on pensions will take place between 10am and 2pm on Wednesday 13 November in England and Wales.
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said that the action follows the decision of the government in Westminster to "worsen proposals on firefighter pensions" has prompted the latest walkout.
In addition the Fire Brigades Union announced the...
Fire chiefs have urged the public to postpone any plans for domestic firework displays or bonfires as firefighters prepare to walk out this evening in a strike over pension and retirement ages.
Members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) are staging a four and a half hour strike on Friday 1 November between the hours of 6.30 and 11pm, and further two hour action on Monday (4 November)...
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has announced two further firefighters’ strikes to take place on Friday 1 November between 6.30pm and 11pm and Monday 4 November between 6am and 8am.
The union says it has called the four and a half hour and two hour walkouts after government and fire employers failed to offer any firm guarantees for firefighters facing "no job and no pension" as a...
A second strike called by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) that was due to disrupt services in Plymouth has been called off.
The industrial action had been scheduled for Saturday (19 October) between 6.30pm and 11.30pm, but the Union says this has been postponed due to progress in talks with the Government over pensions.
Further negotiations are due to take place between the FBU...
The Fire Brigades Union has announced a second strike date of Saturday 19 October, in a dispute with the Government over pension reforms.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue say that while the issue is a matter between the Fire Brigades Union and Government, they have a legal duty to maintain a level of service to local communities as best it can.
The local Fire and Rescue Service has thanked the public of Devon and Somerset for taking extra care during the industrial action on Wednesday (25 September 2013).
Between the strike hours of 12 noon and 4pm, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service received four calls to automatic fire alarms - none of which involved a fire - and attended one.
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) says that a major fire in a Plymouth car workshop shows why planned cuts to frontline fire cover in the city are “folly” and should be withdrawn immediately.
Five pumping appliances from the city attended the fire which took place at a range of industrial units in Miller Court, Millbay, Plymouth. One unit measuring 15m x 15m, used as a car body repair...
