Demo Outside Turkish Embassy @ 3.00 PM TODAY (Tues 20/05)
Solidarity with the People of Turkey campaign and a number of Turkish-Kurdish community organisations across London, led by Day-Mer in Hackney, have called a demonstration outside the Turkish Embassy at 43 Belgrave Square, London SW1X
<strong><strong></strong></strong>After five bouts of strike action and the prospect of a protracted battle with the Tory-led coalition over serious detrimental changes to firefighters’ pension scheme, the FBU is appealing to other trade unionists to contribute to its hardship fund.
In London cheques payable to ‘FBU Hardship Fund’ can be sent to the attention of Mr Paul Embery, London Regional Secretary at FBU London Regional Office, John Horner Mews, London N1 8PB. For those who can make direct transfers the account details are as follows:
Lloyds Bank, Sort code: 30-94-57. Account number: 01764558.
<strong><strong></strong></strong>Generous? Five Myths About Firefighter Pensions and the Government's Attacks
Please find, below, a link to an article by FBU general secretary Matt Wrack, which appeared in the popular online newspaper, the 'Huffington Post'. It is important that we expose the government's spin about the cost and 'generosity' of firefighters' pensions, so please do all you can to circulate this article, including sharing it on social media.
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/matt-wrack/fire-fighters-strike_b_4261166.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/matt-wrack/fire-fighters-strike_b_4261166.html</a>
Yours in unity
LONDON FBU
