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FIREFIGHTERS will swell the ranks of two million other public-sector workers when they walk out next Thursday, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) announced yesterday.
The firefighters’ action will be the latest in their long-running dispute with the government over pensions.
Unions Unite, Unison, civil servants' PCS and teachers NUT are already committed to the biggest mass strike in England and Wales in decades.
Since 2010, one in five firefighter jobs has disappeared alongside 30% funding cuts — all while climate breakdown brings record blazes and flooding. It’s time to fund our fire service properly, writes FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
