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RT @fbunational: The government are planning another year of below-inflation cuts. Already down 12,000 firefighters since 2010, response t….
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🔥 12,000 firefighter jobs already cut since 2010. 🔥 900 wildfires already this year. 🔥 Response times rising. And now another 2,300 jobs under threat. Cuts to our emergency services will cost lives.
Cuts to emergency services will cost lives. New cuts could mean 2,300 firefighter jobs slashed. This year has already seen record breaking wildfire incidents, with resources overstretched. The government must urgently reverse this decision.
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RT @fbunational: FBU brigade officials met today to discuss pay reform and the funding crisis in the fire service. Talks with the employer….
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RT @SouthWestFBU: Our firefighters consistently go above & beyond, under the most challenging conditions. But incidents like this make it….
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RT @fbunational: Holt Heath and Arthur's Seat wildfires have revealed a ticking time bomb. The fire service needs immediate and substan….
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RT @fbunational: With fire engines sent to Dorset, surrounding areas were left vulnerable without sufficient pumps.
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RT @fbunational: 🚨Major wildfire in Holt Heath over the weekend exposed critical underfunding in the fire service. Fire engines were call….
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RT @fbunational: On Thursday we unveiled a new plaque in honour of Sheffield firefighter Frank Mallinson. On 7 August 1968, Frank Mallinso….
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RT @fbunational: 🎤 Podcast incoming !. Tomorrow, a new episode of the FBU Podcast will be released. National officer Tam McFarlane will be….
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RT @fbunational: Today, FBU general secretary @UnionSteveW and national officer Tam McFarlane, met with @firefighters999 CEO Sherine Wheele….
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RT @fbunational: Birmingham bin workers cannot be expected to accept an £8000 pay cut. An attack on bin workers, is an attack on all worke….
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FBU members from the Region stood in solidarity at the Birmingham bin strikes today, joining EC member Chris Wycherley, HIOW Brigade Sec Jamie Kelly, the FBU General Secretary, President, and members from across the union. Solidarity with the workers. ✊
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RT @fbunational: Birmingham bin workers face pay cuts up to £8,000. FBU general secretary @UnionSteveW demands the Labour government forc….
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RT @UniteEconomy: Ain’t it funny how people at the higher echelons of society like Lord/Baron Finkelstein have all the answers when it come….
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We need your support!. Please sign the petition and urge your MP to prevent irreversible frontline cuts by increasing central government funding.
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If implemented, these cuts will: • Increase response times across the service. • Increase already unachievable workloads for members within our Officer section. Our Officer members are already...
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Today, members from our region joined a lobby at Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service headquarters. The public must understand the severe impact of cuts on an already strained service.
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RT @fbunational: Water companies have taken more than £70bn in dividends, leaving the public with leaking pipes and polluted rivers. It's….
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RT @fbunational: As another heatwave hits parts of the UK, firefighters are on high alert. Wildfires are on the rise, but the fire and res….
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