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Firefighters and control room staff vote in favour of new pay deal, bringing end to months-long dispute
A firefighter in Parliament Square, central London
FIREFIGHTERS and control room staff overwhelmingly backed a new pay deal today, ending their months-long dispute over wages.
A whopping 96 per cent of Fire Brigades Union (FBU) members endorsed the settlement, 7 per cent backdated to July 2022 and a further 5 per cent from this summer, on a turnout of 84 per cent.
The improved offer from fire and rescue service employers came after the sector’s workforce delivered a massive mandate for national strikes in January.
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