Letter: Listen and learn from workers
Ollie Moore ( Solidarity 666 ; longer version on web, shorter in print) seems to have learned nothing from the recent firefighters’ pay dispute. On 6 March, FBU members voted overwhelmingly by 96% on an 84% turnout to accept the offer, yet Moore still claims they were wrong and should have rejected it. Moore barely discusses the specifics of the firefighters’ pay offer, which included 7% for 2022-23. Nobody disputes that this is less than current inflation. CPI was 10% in the last 12 months; CPIH was 8.8%. But most firefighters also got increased Continual Professional Development and other...