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Retained firefighters to escalate strike action

Aug 10, 2023 08:18 By News Northern Sound
Retained firefighters to escalate strike action
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On-call firefighters are escalating their strike action.

After what they say is a failure by Government to respond to their legitimate concerns, SIPTU has announced all retained fire stations in Ireland will "go dark" at 8am this Saturday.

It means the stations will continue to attend emergencies but will have zero communications with local authority radio control centres.

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SIPTU says, if their demands for better pay and conditions still go unanswered by Saturday 19th August, they will start shutting one station in each county every week.

Tom Kitterick from Westport Fire Station is chair of SIPTU's National Negotiating Committee - he says they've no choice but to take a stand against management and the government.

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