The Fire Brigades Union has announced the latest round of strikes as part of an ongoing dispute over pensions and overtime pay. The strikes will take place between 7pm and midnight on Christmas Eve, between 6.30pm on New Year's Eve and 12.30am on New year's Day and 6.30am and 8.30am on Friday, January 3.
FBU General Secretary, Matt Wrack, said: "Firefighters provide a first-class standard of service 24-hours a day, 365 days a year, and these strikes will remind government just how reliant they are on our members' professionalism, commitment and flexibility. However, there should be no need for industrial action, and it's absurd that firefighters' concerns over pensions have not been addressed already.
"The government must stop claiming they are negotiating when they have refused to talk for two months and insist on forcing through proposals that are unaffordable, unworkable and unfair."
As with previous strikes, on the three dates all FBU members in England and Wales will stop work apart from those working in control centres. As well as the strike action, between 7pm on Friday, December 27 and 7pm on Sunday, December 29, all firefighters in England, Scotland and Wales, except those working in control, will refuse to work voluntary overtime.
