Fair Pay or Fire Strike

By: Taj Ali

Firefighters are at breaking point following twelve years of falling pay. After rejecting the latest real-terms pay cut, they're gearing up for a desperate attempt to save their service through strike action.

Illustration by Jan Robert Dünnweller

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Ben Selby served as a firefighter in Lincolnshire for almost 20 years before being elected as the next Assistant General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union. He joined the fire service shortly after the 2002 firefighter dispute, the first nationwide firefighters’ strike in the UK since 1977. ‘It’s a dispute where we won 16 percent […]

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Ben Selby served as a firefighter in Lincolnshire for almost 20 years before being elected as the next Assistant General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union. He joined the fire service shortly after the 2002 firefighter dispute, the first nationwide firefighters’ strike in the UK since 1977. ‘It’s a dispute where we won 16 percent […]

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Ben Selby served as a firefighter in Lincolnshire for almost 20 years before being elected as the next Assistant General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union. He joined the fire service shortly after the 2002 firefighter dispute, the first nationwide firefighters’ strike in the UK since 1977. ‘It’s a dispute where we won 16 percent […]

Ben Selby served as a firefighter in Lincolnshire for almost 20 years before being elected as the next Assistant General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union. He joined the fire service shortly after the 2002 firefighter dispute, the first nationwide firefighters’ strike in the UK since 1977. ‘It’s a dispute where we won 16 percent […]

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