Christmas Tree 4920 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 London firefighters to strike on Bonfire Night Firefighters in London are to strike on Bonfire Night in a row over new contracts, their union has said. The 47-hour action will be the third strike date since the Fire Brigades' Union (FBU) announced strike action. It said the dispute centred on plans to scrap current rotas and force staff to sign new contracts or face the sack. But London fire authority chairman Brian Coleman asked: "What sort of union orders its firefighters to go on strike over bonfire night?" The FBU said thousands of its members will walk out from 1000 GMT on 5 November until 0900 GMT on 7 November. Unbelievable. Dont these idiots realise that they need to keep the public on side. Strike if their is no alternative but bot on Bonfire night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shackbleep 0 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Fucking irresponsible that like... Not public appeal they're targetting is it though? They're just wanting to shit the authorities into agreeing to their demands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 sign of the times. More to come I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin 1 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 They know by doing this they are going to get their way, dirty tactics they may be but they do work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Hmmmm- most firefighters have other jobs and they are striking to keep the shift patterns that enable them to do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 22436 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 London firefighters to strike on Bonfire Night Firefighters in London are to strike on Bonfire Night in a row over new contracts, their union has said. The 47-hour action will be the third strike date since the Fire Brigades' Union (FBU) announced strike action. It said the dispute centred on plans to scrap current rotas and force staff to sign new contracts or face the sack. But London fire authority chairman Brian Coleman asked: "What sort of union orders its firefighters to go on strike over bonfire night?" The FBU said thousands of its members will walk out from 1000 GMT on 5 November until 0900 GMT on 7 November. Unbelievable. Dont these idiots realise that they need to keep the public on side. Strike if their is no alternative but bot on Bonfire night. Sorry, getting this image of some gay village people orgy with fireworks going off in the background....... Anyway agreed, completely irresponsible behaviour (the strike I mean). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31596 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Are the fire brigade allowed to do a total walk out? Or is this just a refusal to put on extra staff on Bonfire Night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4920 Posted October 26, 2010 Author Share Posted October 26, 2010 Are the fire brigade allowed to do a total walk out? Or is this just a refusal to put on extra staff on Bonfire Night? Yes......It it gets really bad the army usually take over in the Green Godesses. On this occasion the firemen who refuse to strike are manning some of the engines but as during the miners strike there is also sort of shit kicking off allegedly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31596 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Just seen that there are private staff there to take over in the case of such an emergency, though only trained in basic firefighting. What exactly is the big problem with going from a 15/9 shift to 12/12? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 22436 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Just seen that there are private staff there to take over in the case of such an emergency, though only trained in basic firefighting. What exactly is the big problem with going from a 15/9 shift to 12/12? I suspect Rob is right in his suspicions it will interfere with their other jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Just seen that there are private staff there to take over in the case of such an emergency, though only trained in basic firefighting. What exactly is the big problem with going from a 15/9 shift to 12/12? I suspect Rob is right in his suspicions it will interfere with their other jobs. Aye, notorious for moonlighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4446 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Bonfire night's changed a lot in recent years though - its all public events rather than the amateur stuff we used to pull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Not on Longbenton estate it's not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4920 Posted October 26, 2010 Author Share Posted October 26, 2010 Not on Longbenton estate it's not. Or on the countless London estates. All those benefit scroungers will have just had their new sofas and 48 inch TV's delivered in time for xmas and there will old sofas and cardboard boxes all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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