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The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in Merseyside has threatened to ballot for strikes against plans by the local authority to make £3 million cuts, axe 120 jobs and reduce night cover in Liverpool.

The future of the Hertfordshire firefighters’ dispute was in the balance as Socialist Worker went to press, with negotiators from the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) still consulting with branches in the county over proposals from the employers.

Firefighters in the FBU union in Hertfordshire staged their third eight hour strike on Wednesday of last week against plans by the county fire authority to slash the fire service by closing down two stations and axing 50 frontline jobs.

Firefighters in the FBU union in Hertfordshire are likely to start an eight-hour strike this Saturday. The strike will go ahead if, as expected, a new set of employer proposals over fire service cuts is rejected by members at a meeting later this week.

Firefighters in Hertfordshire Fire Brigades Union (FBU) were set to announce the result of a strike ballot on Tuesday of this week, with strike action possibly starting as soon as Tuesday of next week.

Firefighters ballot The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in Hertfordshire has announced plans to ballot firefighters for industrial action against cuts to the service proposed by the county council.

Firefighters in the FBU union were due to meet on Wednesday of this week to vote on a deal over pensions recommended by the union’s leadership.

Rank and file firefighters in the FBU union are campaigning to get the biggest possible no vote to a pensions deal put forward by government ministers and the union’s leadership.

Fire Brigades Union (FBU) members across Britain and Northern Ireland are considering concessions from the government over pensions.

Talks were continuing over the firefighters’ pension scheme in the run-up to a special conference of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) on Thursday of this week.

London Firefighters The London regional committee of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) is recommending a ballot of its members in defence of the shift system.

Nottinghamshire fire crews have voted four to one in favour of taking industrial action short of a strike over moves to force them to provide an ambulance service. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) says the fire authority is trying to impose new ambulance duties without negotiation.