Fire chiefs in Essex are "playing Scrooge" with firefighters pay in the New Year – and putting the public at increased risk by only using 'resilience crews' for 15 hours, the Essex Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has said.
Wholetime FBU members are set to strike on Christmas Eve between 7pm and midnight, and again on New Year's Eve between 6.30pm and 12.30am on January 1 in a national dispute over pensions with the government.
The FBU has called strike action more than six times in recent...
