Job cuts in the Fire Brigade

[Bitter Ashes]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/8442187.stm

Sounds like a clear cut case of illegal change to contract, which means that any dismissals will be automatically classed as unfair in legal terms. Of course, the law doesn't actualy matter when it comes to industrial disputes anymore, as we learned during the run up to the BA cabin crew dispute. Expect that same ruling that, it'd be too "inconvienant" for the public for the fire brigade to stand up for thier rights.

[The Ungovernable Farce]

Interesting stuff, firefighters are usually quite militant. They were able to strike late last year without it being legally blocked, so I'm optimistic about the possibilities of them doing the same again.

[AkirAmaruBolivar]

Fuck em.

No seriously though i know a family of firemen and they are all reactionary wankers who have english only bumper sticker.

The dad said fight fire with fire, he was kicked out of the fire service for some reason:laugh:

[AkirAmaruBolivar]

Also do firefighters have unions?

[cyu]

No seriously though i know a family of firemen and they are all reactionary wankers who have english only bumper sticker.



Some Nazi Germans doesn't make all Germans Nazis.



Also do firefighters have unions?


Yes, and often so do police (though they usually aren't allowed to strike). Some unions (like those in any other industry) are more corrupted by pro-capitalist plants than others - it mainly depends on the level of authoritarianism vs democracy in the union.

[Bitter Ashes]

Fuck em.

No seriously though i know a family of firemen and they are all reactionary wankers who have english only bumper sticker.

The dad said fight fire with fire, he was kicked out of the fire service for some reason:laugh:
You want to talk about reactionary? Look at yourself.
Anyone who puts themselves entirely at the service at thier local community's lives deserves every ounce of respect in thier fight for better conditions. Firefighters are exactly the kinds of people that we should all aspire to be in our own ways.

[Axle]

Fuck em.

No seriously though i know a family of firemen and they are all reactionary wankers who have english only bumper sticker.

The dad said fight fire with fire, he was kicked out of the fire service for some reason:laugh:

No way! My dad's a Republican and a union worker, and all firefighters are apparently reactionary and also belong to unions! Man, we should quit supporting unions now because they're clearly reactionary organizations. :rolleyes:

I seriously hope your post was a shitty joke.

[The Ungovernable Farce]

It's especially bizarre cos (as I said) firefighters are known for being an especially militant section of the working class, at least over here. They're one of the very few major unions to have disaffiliated from the Labour Party because of its anti-working class policies and (for those that're into that kind of thing) they're affiliated to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.