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February 12th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The coalition government faced fresh pressure after firefighters’ union, FBU, described its proposals as unacceptable and recommended a “rapid move” to array its 45,000 members for strike.
The recommendation comes while the FBU did not get involved in last year’s protest against pension changes.
The changes will force millions of National Health Service (NHS) workers, public servants and teachers to work longer, pay more and get less. The dispute sparked a mass one-day strike last November, in which two million public-sector workers walked off their jobs.
The FBU argued that the coalition government’s proposals would leave full-time firefighters paying an extra £2,000, station managers £4,000 and fire service group managers up to £7,200 over the next three years.
“These are unfair and unaffordable contribution hikes. We’re facing five years of a pay freeze and a pay squeeze at a time of serious inflation”, said General Secretary Matt Wrack.
“There is a real danger these huge hikes will trigger an exodus from the scheme. That means a drop in the money coming and less to pay for pensions going out”, he added.
The government triggered the dispute more than a year ago when it announced an average increase of 3.2 percent in the amount workers pay towards their pensions in order to save £2.8 billion by 2014-15.
Meanwhile, Unite the union said it planned to ballot its 100,000 members in the NHS if there will be no significant progress by the government’s “self-imposed” February 20 deadline.
Teachers’ union NUT said it would also propose to members that further strike action was necessary.
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