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Firefighters stand up to ministers’ pensions attack with 24-hour strike
FBU members in England and Wales walk over change to retirement age
Firefighters started their first 24-hour strike yesterday in the campaign against a government push for a higher retirement age and cuts in pensions.
Fire stations across England and Wales closed as Fire Brigades Union (FBU) members walked out in protest at the planned changes.
“The government is ignoring all the evidence from its own reports,” said FBU general secretary Matt Wrack, who joined members on a Shoreditch, east London, picket line.
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