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we have had pay restraint, now, where are our real wages have fallen behind the cost of living, basically, so firefighters are seeing in their pockets a 12% decrease in their pay, real pay, each month. and that equates to around about £4,000 a year. firefighters do an importantjob. firefighter salaries range from £24,000 per yearfor a trainee tojust under £46,000 for a station manager. union members rejected a previous 5% pay offer in november. they are calling for an above inflation rise the fire brigades union has given the government and employers ten days to respond. until then, they say they will delay announcing any strike dates. we have written to our employers to demand a meeting with them to see if we can resolve this dispute. they have agreed that and we will meet them on the 8th of february. i hope that that meeting on the 8th
and that equates to around about £4,000 a year. firefighters do an importantjob. firefighter salaries range from £24,000 per yearfor a trainee tojust under £46,000 for a station manager. union members rejected a previous 5% pay offer in november. they are calling for an above inflation rise somewhere closer to 10.5%. the fire brigades union has given the government and employers ten days to respond. until then, they say they will delay announcing any strike dates. we have written to our employers to demand a meeting with them to see if we can resolve this dispute. they have agreed that and we will meet them on the 8th of february. i hope that that meeting on the 8th of february allows the employers to come back with a better offer
they have voted overwhelmingly all across the uk that they are willing to take strike action. that reflects the anger of our members of falling living standards, ten years of attacks on pay from employers and central government, at a time when the services being cut to pieces, with station closures, fire engines axed, and record numbers ofjob losses. firefighters on the picket line in 2003 the last time they went on strike. the dispute went on for months. firefighter salaries range from £20,000 for a trainee firefighter, to £40,000 for a station manager. the union says pay has fallen by i2% the union says pay has fallen by 12% since 2010, because it has failed to keep up with rising prices. it s calling for an above inflation pay rise this year. inflation is currently 10.5%. the government is offering a rise of 5%. the union has