Firefighters in strike threat
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Your support makes all the difference.Leaders of the firefighters' union have rejected a compromise on pay and ordered a campaign among their 50,000 members in support of strikes. Local council negotiators had insisted fire service employees would have to abide by the 1.5 per cent upper limit on wages imposed on all public sector workers, but assured Fire Brigades' Union officials there would be a return to their automatic pay formula next year.
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