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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Union jinx

After a 10-month damaging dispute and more than a year of tensions, the U.K. fire service now faces the most radical reforms in more than half a century, when firefighting functions were transferred from the National Fire Service to fire brigades maintained by counties and boroughs. In protest to perceived low salaries, firefighters called for a review of the pay formula and for the average salary to rise from £21,500 to £30,000, or approximately $34,800 to $48,600. When the government rejected the 40% pay increase and instead offered firefighters an 11% raise over two years, firefighters conducted a ...

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