MORE than a thousand Merseyside fire fighters attended the mass meeting to vote for escalation of their action against redundancies and loss of holidays.
They are taking a series HOME NEWS of nine hour strikes over bigger still. manscements intest to cut three days leave and the equivalent of twenty jobs.
The Labour-controlled Merseyside fire authority has paid thousands of pounds to the army to heip break the strike. Although that the army can provide that the overriding objective end the action on their own tions offer.
The next strike is planned for September 12, and will escalate further. There could also be resistance to plans by Warwickshire council to make £3 million of cuts.
it is crucial now that the national union takes a lead in coordinating solidarity. TUC is preparing any policy autumn's conferences.