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U.K.'s Firefighters Back to Negotiate Friday

Nov. 28, 2002

Negotiators for Britain's striking firefighters will meet with management in face-to-face talks Friday, the union announced on the sixth day of a nationwide walkout over pay.

Source Associated Press

LONDON (AP) -- Negotiators for Britain's striking firefighters will meet with management in face-to-face talks Friday, the union announced on the sixth day of a nationwide walkout over pay.

The announcement followed Prime Minister Tony Blair's comment in the House of Commons on Wednesday cutting a deal to modernize the fire service would be the only way to settle the strike and raise firefighter salaries by more than 4 percent.

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