Firefighters in London have been in the news recently as a result of industrial action against savage attacks on their working conditions. These scans come from the magazine of the FBU,Firefighter, during the 1988 dispute in Dublin. It is a show of solidarity from the UK union to the Dublin firefighters. I have also scanned up an image from the strike, showing a ‘Londonderry FBU’ placard on the streets of Dublin. At a time of political tension in the six counties, firefighters there ignored sectarian divisions and supported their Dublin colleagues. With events in London, this is a timely reminder of what international support can mean to a strike. It has never been scanned online before.
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[…] occasions. Examples would include this copy of Class Struggle from the period, and scans from the magazine of the British Fire Brigade Union (FBU) during the […]
The ordinary fireman in the DFB gained nothing from this strike. It was all about preserving the ‘so called rights’ of officers. Officers in the DFB were never picked on merit, one had to get a politician to get them on to ‘the panel’. this was the first step and promotion then came, no matter how bright, or not so bright a person was. Enough said.