FBU pay strike 2002/03

FBU ranks must organise

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FBU ranks must organise
By Nick Holden

Fire Brigades Union members have voted to accept the staging of the second phase of their pay rise, with a three to one majority.


The ballot had a 56% turn-out, low by the FBU's standards, and was a major reversal since twelve months ago, when there was a nine to one majority for strike action to win a £30,000 salary for all fire fighters.

Firefighters, postalworkers, Tube: Make it a Winter of Discontent!

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Firefighters, postalworkers, Tube: Make it a Winter of Discontent!

By Gerry Bates

As Solidarity goes to press, more and more firefighters across the country are joining unofficial industrial action.

This battle comes just after the postalworkers' victory, through unofficial strikes, against Royal Mail bosses' attempt to impose unilateral changes in work conditions.

FBU: Fight the employers' agenda!

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The unofficial industrial action by firefighters is spreading, with over half of the FBU's brigades involved by Friday morning (Nov 6th). The action was initially taken by FBU activists closest to the union's leadership, and saw some of the strongest areas of the union working normally, but there are signs that that is slowly changing.

Support the firefighters!

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As Solidarity goes to press, more and more firefighters across the country are joining unofficial industrial action.
This battle comes just after postal workers' victory, through unofficial strikes, against Royal Mail bosses' attempt to impose unilateral changes in work conditions.

FBU: London reflects

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The London Region of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has held a comprehensive post-mortem on the 30k pay dispute.

London region rejected the final offer from the employers, and its activists were among those who pushed the dispute along after General Secretary Andy Gilchrist threw up his hands - right from the start, you might say!

Firefighters: cuts for pay. A bitter pill to swallow

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The FBU pay dispute ended on 12 June.

Worn down by government and media propaganda, and government threats to impose a settlement, and demoralised by their executive's refusal to fight, firefighters and control operators around the country had reluctantly accepted the employers' latest offer.

At a conference in Glasgow on 12 June their reps, most with great bitterness, respected their mandates and voted 3:1 for the executive's 'accept' motion.

Here we print the motion and those put up in opposition to it, and assessments by firefighters of the dispute and the future.