The Firefighters strike has moved on a long way from a simple claim for fair pay.

After postponing strikes to allow for negotiation over the period either side of christmas and new year, the FBU has become increasingly angered by the employers and government's unwillingness to discuss their proposals and have started a series of shorter strikes. As if the 'Bain or nothing' ultimatum wasn't bad enough, Prescott is now falling into line with the official tory party and threatening to take action to ban the strikes. Andy Gilchrist commented “Yet again Mr. Prescott has succeeded in adding fuel to the fire dispute...(he) needs to understand the only way this dispute will be resolved is by a negotiated settlement "

The next strike is from 9am Saturday 1st Feb untill 9am Monday 3rd
There is a firefighters support demonstration in Glasgow on Saturday 1st of February.