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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
but the restrictions are immense. a damning report on the culture of london fire brigade has found that it s institutionally misogynistic and racist . the independent review was carried out after a black trainee firefighter took his own life. the author of the report says he has no doubt similar problems exist in other fire brigades across the country. louisa pilbeam reports. as wildfires broke out in london this summer, firefighters were praised for protecting the public. but they haven t protected their own, according to a report into london fire brigade, which found it is institutionally racist, misogynistic and has a bullying culture. i sat with a very senior female officer who said to me in tears that whenever she goes into a dangerous incident, she s almost thinking, will the men around me protect me, given how much they have treated me as dirt back at the station? that was not one person, that was many, many people. the report found example after