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The 2002–2003 UK firefighter dispute was a period of nationwide strike action which began when the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) voted to strike in an attempt to secure better salaries. The FBU demanded a 39 percent increase in pay, which would have brought the average firefighter's wage to around £30,000 (equivalent to £61,642 in 2023).
Horner then began organising auxiliaries, winning endorsement of this at the 1940 conference of the regular section of the union and saw the union's membership increase from 3,500 in 1939 to 66,500 in 1940. [9] As a result of the London Blitz, the fire service was nationalised in 1941 by the powers of the Fire Services (Emergency Provisions) Bill.
In 2010, London Fire Savers became National Fire Savers Credit Union by extension of the common bond to include all firefighters, wherever they are serving in Great Britain. [3] From 617 active members in 1998, the credit union has steadily grown each year. As of 2018, it has 3,042 active members. [4]
The union is drawing up its own set of standards for the fire and rescue sector.
In 1913, Bradley recruited the MEA's London Fire Brigade branch to NUCW and became its branch secretary. [2] After the conclusion of a dispute with London County Council, the branch split from the NUCW and instead affiliated with George Gamble's Firemen's Trade Union. Gamble left the union in 1922, and Bradley took over as General Secretary of ...
The Independent Review of the Fire Service, sometimes referred to as the Bain Report or IRFS was a wide-ranging report carried out by Professor Sir George Bain, in 2002, at the request of the government, into the how Fire and Rescue Services were operated and managed; and about the working conditions of firefighters in the UK.
He joined the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), becoming a full-time official and then, in 1980, its general secretary. [2] His appointment was supported by his predecessor, Terry Parry , and also by Mick McGahey of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). [ 1 ]
During a special meeting on Oct. 26, City Council approved a resolution to pay a total of $544,668.07 in ... Ogdensburg's dispute with fire union cost the city more than $94,000 since 2021 Skip to ...