Fire Service industrial relations: an historical perspective
In this exclusive report Charles Nolda speaks out for the first time on the major disputes, providing a fascinating insight into the seizmic events which shaped the Service of today
Industrial relations 2008
Dennis Davis offers some insights on the relationship between employer and employee in the pre and post-modernisation Fire and Rescue Service
We are not alone
FIRE correspondent David Wright looks at recent police and prison service confrontations alongside the implications of a volatile economic climate
How to avoid becoming a victim of change
From his many years experience as a change management expert advising multi-national companies, Chris Howe provides an overview of the ‘dos and dont’s’ to initiating and maintaining change
Spirit of Fire Awards
The Firefighters Charity’s Mark Southern reports on the Spirit of Fire Awards which saw the organisation both recognising firefighting heroes, as well as changing its name from the Fire Services National Benevolent Fund
A reflection on diversity
Watch Manager Keith Taylor talks about his experience of delivering diversity training to colleagues in Scotland
Counting down to World Firefighters Games
Erica Dillon gives a taste of what visitors and participants can expect at the World Firefighters Games later in the year
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“In the end, there are no easy ways of dealing with public sector pay. It is always a thorny issue. Assuming that the right to strike remains and that the Fire Service continues to negotiate seperately, there is no substitute for the combination of patience and persistance”
Charles Nolda provides a unique historical perspective on FRS industrial relations
“If most industrial failures are about poor management or union intransigence/poor communications or misunderstood intentions/poor anticipation or clumsy responses, how have we not, in our informed way, already reached a collective FRS satisfaction?”
Dennis Davis on recent public sector conflicts
“The seismic collision between the modernisation agenda and the concerns of workers and their representatives is being felt across the whole range of the public sector. Many of the public protection agencies in the UK are contemplating or taking industrial action”
David Wright looks at public sector strike action
“The first step in dealing with change is to determine whether you have personally chosen to see yourself as a victim – someone who suffers a consequence over which they had no control”
Chris Howe on the right approach to managing change
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