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A striking firefighter has been sacked after posting a message on a website about the dispute over pensions and cuts.
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) member works in Hertfordshire and the union has lodged an appeal against the dismissal.
The union is also appealing for donations to help the firefighter, who is married and has three children aged 18, 14 and 12.
Megapicket to shut down Birmingham’s refuse sites
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
On the 40th anniversary of the Wapping dispute, this Morning Star special supplement traces the long-planned conspiracy that led to the mass sackings of printworkers in 1986 – a struggle whose unresolved injustices still demand redress today, writes ANN FIELD
