Matt Wrack

Wrack was born in Manchester and went to a Catholic grammar school in Manchester. He later studied with the Open University and undertook a part-time master's degree at the London School of Economics.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/01/matt-wrack-teaching-union-general-secretary-nasuwt |title=Matt Wrack plans to stay in post as teaching union's general secretary |last1=Syal |first1=Rajeev |last2=Adams |first2=Richard |newspaper=The Guardian |date=1 May 2025 |access-date=1 May 2025}}

Wrack joined the Labour Party Young Socialists in Salford in 1978 and was a member of Farnworth Constituency Labour Party during the period in which the local MP John Roper left Labour to join the Social Democratic Party. Wrack subsequently moved to London, working for a time in the DHSS before joining the fire service.

Wrack was active in the Labour Party Young Socialists before going on to join the Socialist Party, which he had left by the time he was elected to lead the FBU in 2005. His union disaffiliated from the Labour Party in 2004 but reaffiliated in November 2015.{{cite news|url=https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-9aef-Labour-accepts-Wrack-and-Serwotka-back-into-party|title=Morning Star :: Labour accepts Wrack and Serwotka back into party | The People's Daily|newspaper=Morning Star|date=2 March 2016|accessdate=15 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107022634/https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-9aef-Labour-accepts-Wrack-and-Serwotka-back-into-party|archive-date=7 November 2017|url-status=dead}} In March 2016, he rejoined the Labour Party.{{cite news |last=Waugh|first=Paul|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2016/03/02/trade-union-leaders-mark-_n_9368740.html|title=Jeremy Corbyn Allies Mark Serwotka And Matt Wrack Have Been Readmitted to the Labour Party, HuffPostUK Reveals|work=Huffington Post|date=2 March 2016|accessdate=15 July 2017}} In September 2017, he was listed at Number 87 in 'The 100 Most Influential People on the Left'.{{Cite news|url=http://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/iain-dale/100-most-influential-people-on-the-left-iain-dale/|title=The 100 Most Influential People On The Left: Iain Dale's 2017 List|last=Dale|first=Iain|date=25 September 2017|work=LBC|access-date=2017-10-31|language=en}}

Wrack joined the London Fire Brigade in 1983. He was initially posted to Silvertown Fire Station in the east London borough of Newham, which was closed during a round of cuts in 2014. in 1988 he transferred to Kingsland Road fire station in Hackney where he spent most of his fire service career on the Green watch. Kingsland Fire Station was also closed during the cuts of 2014 and Wrack attended the protest at the closure.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/nonsensical-kingsland-closure-means-hackney-will-have-a-poorer-fire-service-1-3195952|title="Nonsensical" Kingsland closure means Hackney will have a "poorer fire service" | Hackney, Stoke Newington and Shoreditch News|first=Emma|last=Bartholomew|website=Hackney Gazette|date=9 January 2014}} Wrack held various positions in the Fire Brigades Union at branch, area and regional level. He worked with Mick Shaw on the North East London Area Committee where both became at various stages secretary and chair. Shaw went on to become the FBU President.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/apr/05/mick-shaw|title=Mick Shaw obituary|first=Tracey|last=Holloway|date=5 April 2012|work=The Guardian}}

In July 1991, whilst North East London Area Secretary of the FBU, Wrack attended the fatal fire at Gillender Street at which two firefighters, Terry Hunt and David Stokoe were killed. Wrack had previously worked with Hunt. Matt Wrack and the then FBU London Regional Secretary (later MP) Jim Fitzpatrick, investigated the incident and produced the FBU report. The London Fire Brigade was later served with two improvement notices by the Health and Safety Executive.{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/fire-brigade-told-to-reform-training-after-blaze-deaths-1555689.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/fire-brigade-told-to-reform-training-after-blaze-deaths-1555689.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Fire brigade told to reform training after blaze deaths|date=6 October 1992|website=The Independent}}

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Wrack was involved in various rank and file and left wing groupings within the FBU, including the Fire Brigades Broad Left (FBBL) which also involved the then union president, Ronnie Scott. The FBBL emerged with the background of the 1984/85 miners strike and during campaigns against the abolition of metropolitan county councils by the then Conservative government. The FBBL produced the bulletin Guideline between 1984 and 1989. Between 1991 and 1995, Wrack helped produce and edit Flame, a bulletin of Militant supporters within the fire service.

In January 2025, Matt Wrack lost his bid for re-election as general secretary to the union's vice-president, Steve Wright, by 1,752 votes. However, later the FBU discovered the independent scrutineer had never sent ballot papers to 3,059 members, more than the majority, which could have required the election be rerun.{{cite news |url=https://labourlist.org/2025/02/fbu-general-secretary-election-ballots-re-run/ |title=FBU risks general secretary election re-run over missing ballots |last=Green |first=Daniel |website=LabourList |date=4 February 2025 |access-date=19 March 2025}} Wrack decided not to stand again, saving the FBU from rerunning the election.{{cite news |url=https://labourlist.org/2025/03/matt-wrack-fbu-nasuwt-general-secretary/ |title=Ex-FBU leader Matt Wrack nominated to become NASUWT general secretary |last=Green |first=Daniel |website=LabourList |date=5 March 2025 |access-date=19 March 2025}} In March 2025, the NASUWT executive endorsed Wrack as a candidate for election as general secretary.{{cite news |url=https://schoolsweek.co.uk/matt-wrack-tipped-for-nasuwt-general-secretary/ |title=Matt Wrack tipped for NASUWT general secretary |last=Whittaker |first=Freddie |website=Schools Week |date=5 March 2025 |access-date=14 April 2025}}

In early 2000, Wrack was closely involved in the campaign around the FBU Homerton 11, eleven members who were suspended from work and disciplined by the London Fire Brigade management. The campaign by the FBU involved representation at the disciplinary cases and a workplace campaign to organise opposition and prepare for industrial action. Wrack and Andy Dark (current FBU Assistant General Secretary) acted as the principal disciplinary representatives whilst also working to build the wider campaign. Despite initial threats of dismissal, none of the eleven was dismissed and the campaign proved a turning point for the FBU in London in advance of the 2002/3 pay dispute.http://www.fbu.me.uk/newspress/ffmag/2000/0700/ffjul00.pdf{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Wrack was the FBU London Regional Organiser during the 2002/3 industrial dispute over pay. He became a leading critic of the strategy followed by the FBU leadership at the time.{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/fire-deal-may-cost-gilchrist-his-job-1-651832|title=Fire deal may cost Gilchrist his job|website=scotsman.com}} After being elected London Regional Secretary in 2004, he was elected Assistant General Secretary in 2005. Wrack then defeated incumbent General Secretary Andy Gilchrist on 5 May 2005 after Gilchrist had served one five-year term. This followed widespread discontent over the settlement reached by Gilchrist with the government that ended the 2002-03 pay dispute. The election was marred by ill feeling arising from the recent strikes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/jan/13/1|title=Marina Hyde's diary|first=Marina|last=Hyde|date=13 January 2005|work=The Guardian}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jan/13/firefighters.politics|title=Far left aim to take over firefighters|first=Kevin|last=Maguire|date=13 January 2005|work=The Guardian}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2005/jan/15/correctionsandclarifications|title=Corrections and clarifications|date=15 January 2005|work=The Guardian}} Wrack won 63.9% (12,883 votes) of the vote.{{cite web |url=http://www.fbu.me.uk/newspress/ebulletin/49.php |title=Homepage of the Fire Brigades Union |accessdate=2015-07-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124537/http://www.fbu.me.uk/newspress/ebulletin/49.php |archivedate=4 March 2016 }}

Wrack stood for re-election in 2010 and was challenged by John McGhee, a longstanding ally of former general secretary Andy Gilchrist. Wrack was re-elected.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fbu.org.uk/circular/2010hoc0291ad/election-general-secretary|title=Election of General Secretary|date=23 April 2010|website=Fire Brigades Union}} He was elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress in 2006 and has been re-elected since. He was subsequently elected onto the TUC executive committee. He was returned unopposed for a third term as FBU general secretary in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fbu.org.uk/news/2014/09/matt-wrack-re-elected-fire-brigades-union-general-secretary|title=News|website=Fire Brigades Union}}

In the years following Wrack's election the FBU saw an unprecedented number of local disputes as employers embarked on various 'modernisation' schemes which saw changes to shift systems and cuts to jobs number in local fire and rescue services. These included strikes in Suffolk,{{cite web |url=http://www.fbu.me.uk/newspress/ebulletin/61.php |title=Homepage of the Fire Brigades Union |accessdate=2015-07-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304133220/http://www.fbu.me.uk/newspress/ebulletin/61.php |archivedate=4 March 2016 }} West Midlands,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/15/military.politics|title=Armed forces called in after firefighters go on strike|first=Paul|last=Lewis|date=15 November 2005|work=The Guardian}} and Hertfordshire. The Hertfordshire dispute saw the decision of the Labour government to provide no military cover during industrial action, a decision which would have significant impact on future fire service industrial disputes.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/5000450.stm|title=Firefighters strike over cutbacks|date=20 May 2006|publisher=BBC News}} Strike action in Merseyside in 2006 led to an accusation from the Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA) that the union was pursuing a political agenda in an attempt to disrupt 'modernisation'.{{Cite web|url=https://auth.my-association.org.uk/?service=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cfoa.org.uk%2F&r=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cfoa.org.uk%2F10346&siteCookiesAccepted=false|title=Cookie Permission|website=auth.my-association.org.uk}}

In 2009 South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service threatened to dismiss and re-employ the workforce in order to impose non-agreed shift arrangements. This led to a further strike.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/8271848.stm|title=Fire strike follows year-long row|date=24 September 2009|publisher=BBC News}}{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/8343060.stm|title=Fire strikes halted after talks|date=4 November 2009|publisher=BBC News}} The same threat of dismissal and re-employment to impose shift changes also led to strikes in London in 2010.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-11662248|title=London fire strike will go ahead|publisher=BBC News|date=1 November 2010}} The campaign included some large-scale protests and confrontations with strike-breakers, including incidents in which two FBU members were injured.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8103599/Two-strike-breaking-firefighters-arrested-after-picketers-hit-by-fire-vehicles.html|title=Two strike-breaking firefighters arrested after picketers hit by fire vehicles|first=Heidi Blake and Caroline|last=Gammell|date=1 November 2010|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London}}

The general election of 2010 saw the creation of the coalition government. A central plank of its programme was the introduction of changes to public sector pensions. The FBU developed a campaign focused both on issues of fairness but also arguments around the needs of firefighting as an occupation and, in particular, the physical fitness standards which were required as a result.http://www.fbu.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/9217-FBU-Pension-Bulletin-no-9-March-13LR.pdf{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The FBU balloted members in 2013 and a 78% Yes vote was returned for strike action.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-23884078|title=Firefighters vote for pension strike|publisher=BBC News|date=29 August 2013}} The subsequent dispute was the longest in the history of the FBU.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11265775/Firefighters-announce-new-strike-in-pensions-row.html|title=Firefighters announce new strike in pensions row|date=1 December 2014|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London}} The campaign resulted in Parliamentary debate in December 2014, after the Labour front bench agreed to support a challenge to the new firefighter pension regulations.{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2014/december/mps-debate-firefighters-pension-scheme-england-regulations/|title=MPs debate Firefighters' Pension Scheme (England) Regulations – News from Parliament|website=UK Parliament}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.fbu.org.uk/news/2014/12/firefighters-welcome-parliamentary-debate-pensions|title=News|website=Fire Brigades Union}}{{cite web| url = http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2014-15/454| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141109183028/http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2014-15/454| archive-date = 2014-11-09| title = Early day motion 454 – PUBLIC SERVICE PENSIONS – UK Parliament}}

Following the loss of the vote in Parliament, the FBU called a further strike in February 2015. This was accompanied by a mass rally which saw Parliament Square and Downing Street taken over by the protesters.{{Cite web|url=https://demotix.com/|title=DemotiX – Global Magazine 2019|website=DemotiX}} The FBU held a recall Conference to debate options. No further strike action was called. After the election of the Conservative government in May 2015 the FBU launched a legal challenge over the changes, alleging age discrimination in the way 'transitional protection' arrangements were introduced.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theactuary.com/news/2015/07/firefighters-union-to-challenge-pension-reforms-in-court/|title=Firefighters' union to challenge pension reforms in court | The Actuary, the official magazine of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries|website=theactuary.com|date=10 July 2015}}

In 2008, Wrack launched a new report for the FBU on firefighter deaths in the line of duty.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fbu.org.uk/publication/briefing-firefighter-fatalities-fires-uk-2004-2013-voices-fireground|title=Briefing: Firefighter Fatalities at fires in the UK: 2004-2013: voices from the fireground|date=28 January 2015|website=Fire Brigades Union}} This was accompanied by a lobby of Parliament.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fbu.org.uk/circular/2008hoc0656mw/firefighters-fatalities-lobby-parliament-12th-november-2008|title=Firefighters' fatalities: Lobby of Parliament 12th November 2008|date=1 September 2008|website=Fire Brigades Union}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/3845471.enough-is-enough-say-hertfordshire-firefighters/|title='Enough is enough' say Hertfordshire firefighters|website=Watford Observer|date=13 November 2008 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mrjJpczhIY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/_mrjJpczhIY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=In the Line of Duty|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} This was followed by a series of reports addressing challenges facing the fire and rescue service. These included reports into attacks on firefighters,http://www.fbu.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3839-FBU-Attacks-Low-res.pdf{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7238127.stm|title=Fire crew attacks 'on the rise'|date=11 February 2008|publisher=BBC News}} floods (2007 and 2015),http://www.fbu.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4166-FBU-Floods-LOW-RES.pdf{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.fbu.org.uk/publication/inundated-lessons-recent-flooding-fire-and-rescue-service|title=Inundated: The lessons of recent flooding for the fire and rescue service|date=10 February 2015|website=Fire Brigades Union}} and on the fire service role in relation to climate change.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fbu.org.uk/circular/2010hoc0029mw/climate-change-fbu-report|title=Climate Change – FBU report|date=1 February 2010|website=Fire Brigades Union}} The FBU also challenged what it claimed to be a simplistic cost base approach of the Audit Commission to fire service matters.{{cite web |url=http://fbu.me.uk/newspress/publications/pdf/6119FBUAuditReport.pdf |title=Falling to the lowest common denominator |access-date=2015-07-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328213755/http://fbu.me.uk/newspress/publications/pdf/6119FBUAuditReport.pdf |archive-date=28 March 2015 }}

The FBU also challenged the drift toward increasing emergency response times across UK fire and rescue services.http://www.fbu.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/6367-Its-about-time-LOW-RES2.pdf{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Through these, Wrack and the FBU argued that the shift towards 'localism' and the ending of national standards and inspection were creating an increasingly fragmented fire and rescue service. This was an issue Wrack had addressed in a 2008 lecture to the Centre for Research in Employment Studies at the University of Hertfordshire.{{cite web |url=https://uhra.herts.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/2299/2696/S103.pdf?sequence=1 |title=Neo-liberal reform of the Fire and Rescue Service in Britain |last=Wrack |first=Matt |access-date=16 February 2023}}

In December 2006 an explosion and fire took place at a fireworks storage facility at Marlie Farm in East Sussex. Two employees of East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service were killed and a number injured. The FBU launched cases for compensation on behalf of the family of one of the deceased, Brian Wembridge, and on behalf of the injured firefighters. Despite losing the case in court, East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service continued to refuse payment of compensation and appealed against the decision. Wrack condemned this move and the FBU launched a campaign for the appeal to be dropped and compensation paid in relation to those killed or injured at the incident.{{Citation|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11413150.campaign-launched-to-get-justice-for-two-dead-firefighters/|title=Campaign launched to get justice for two dead firefighters|website=The Argus|date=15 August 2014 }}

Wrack has participated in the various campaigns against austerity since the election of the coalition government at the 2010 general election. While much of the left has focused on tax avoidance, Wrack has argued for an approach which also addresses issues of ownership of the economy. The FBU published pamphlets on public ownership of the banks{{Cite web|url=https://www.fbu.org.uk/news/2012/11/the-case-for-public-ownership-of-the-banks|title=News|website=Fire Brigades Union}} and public ownership of the energy companies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fbu.org.uk/news/2014/09/its-time-to-take-over-the-big-energy-firms|title=News|website=Fire Brigades Union|access-date=3 January 2020|archive-date=3 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103233255/https://www.fbu.org.uk/news/2014/09/its-time-to-take-over-the-big-energy-firms|url-status=dead}} Wrack successfully moved a motion at the TUC in 2012 calling for public ownership of the banks and financial services sector, the first time such a motion had been carried by the TUC in its history.{{Cite web|url=https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2012/09/12/tuc-conference-says-take-over-banks|title=TUC conference says: take over the banks! | Workers' Liberty|website=workersliberty.org}}

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Wrack spoke at the 2008 Campaign for Climate Change trade union conference and at the Time to Act demonstration on climate change in March 2015. Wrack led the FBUs response to the 2007 and 2013-14 floods, calling for a statutory duty on the FRS in England and Wales on flooding. Wrack commissioned two FBU reports on flooding in 2008 (for the Pitt Review) and in 2014 as well as the union's own climate change report in 2010.

Wrack pledged prior to election to take a salary "based on average earnings of FBU members". The salary of the FBU general secretary is set by the union's executive council and endorsed by the union's conference. It is based on a direct link to an Area Manager within the fire and rescue service, so that any pay rises reflect those agreed on behalf of FBU members. In order to meet his election pledge, Wrack has set aside a portion of his salary and placed it into a separate fund which is used to support trade union and labour movement campaigns, hardship funds, initiatives in the UK and around the world.{{cite web |url=http://www.fbu.me.uk/newspress/ebulletin/68.php |title=Homepage of the Fire Brigades Union |accessdate=2015-07-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141544/http://www.fbu.me.uk/newspress/ebulletin/68.php |archivedate=4 March 2016 }} Wrack was interviewed about his stance on his salary for a BBC Radio 4 documentary in 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b050yh99|title=BBC Radio 4 – Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is|publisher=BBC}}

On 22 April 2025, Wrack was announced as the next general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union.{{cite news |url=https://schoolsweek.co.uk/matt-wrack-confirmed-as-next-nasuwt-general-secretary/ |title=Matt Wrack confirmed as next NASUWT general secretary |last=Whittaker |first=Freddie |website=Schools Week |date=22 April 2025 |access-date=22 April 2025}} However on 25 April the NASUWT decided to re-run the election following a legal challenge over the exclusion of other candidates in the nomination process. Nominations were reopened until 26 May, and Wrack will be "acting general secretary" during the new election process.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/apr/27/teaching-union-reverses-matt-wrack-appointment-ahead-of-legal-challenge |title=Teaching union reverses Matt Wrack appointment ahead of legal challenge |last=Adams |first=Richard |newspaper=The Guardian |date=27 April 2025 |access-date=28 April 2025}} He remains the nominee of the union national executive for general secretary.

Wrack was born in Manchester but has lived in east London since 1981. He lives in Leytonstone, East London with his family.{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/matt-wrack |title=Matt Wrack - General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union |publisher=Huffington Post |access-date=22 April 2025}}

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• [http://www.socialismtoday.org/33/slavery33.html Review Article on Slavery and the rise of capitalism]
• [https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/jul/22/politics.firefighters Guardian Interview]
• [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/jul/15/response-firefighters-camberwell-tower-fire Guardian article on Camberwell Tragedy]
• [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/sep/06/failing-our-firefighters Guardian article on Fire Service Modernisation]
• [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/oct/23/london-firefighters-strike-union Guardian article on London fire strike ]
• [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/nov/04/firefighters-strike-matt-wrack-ron-dobson Matt Wrack v Ron Dobson Guardian]
• [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/sep/22/500m-fire-service-disaster-public-services Guardian article on Failure of regional fire controls]
• [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/sep/06/fire-services-training-privatisation Guardian article on privatisation of Fire Service College]
• [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/sep/04/inside-the-minds-of-union-leaders Observer interview]
• [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/matt-wrack/fire-fighters-strike_b_4261166.html Huffington Post blog: myths about firefighter pensions]
• [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/matt-wrack/floods-fire-brigade-strikes_b_4601383.html Huffington post article on floods]
• [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/matt-wrack/j10-strikes_b_5573081.html Huffington Post blog on public sector workers strike]
• [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/matt-wrack/firefighters-strike_b_6092314.html Huffington post blog on FBU strike]
• [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/matt-wrack/firefighter-strikes_b_6744322.html Huffington Post blog on government lies on pensions]

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