FBU: The rank and file must take the initiative
Resist the sell-out, reject the deal Firefighters fighting further attacks on their terms and conditions found this week that the FBU leadership was intent on negotiating a deal which would open the door to changes in the four-watch shift system, and even allow fire service management the option of closing some fire stations overnight, even while it encouraged firefighters to risk suspension in pursuit of a union policy it no longer believed in. Having spent weeks insisting that 'stand down time' (the time, in the early hours of the night, when fire crews are only required to attend calls, not...