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Employee Relations - Fire Brigade Strikes of 2002.
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Employee Relations (HRM3005) - Fire Brigade Strikes of 2002 Student Number - Name - Claire Duff Course - BA Business Studies Year - 4 Total Number of Words - 1495 The fireman's wage strikes occurred in the latter part of 2002. A series of forty eight hour and eight day strikes were implemented. The objective of these strikes was to cause disruption to the normal fire cover provided by the fire department thereby making the general public aware of their pay demands. By highlighting their monopoly on fire control and trading on their high standing in the community the union hoped to influence the government's decision to offer the firemen a 40% wage increase. The union representing the firemen were asking for such a substantial increase because they felt that a fire fighters pay had not increased in parity with other essential services pay over the past 25 years....
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