The
firefighters strike was suspended after talks with Deputy Prime Minister John
Prescott.
Leaders
of the Fire Brigades’ Union spent almost three hours with John Prescott after a
deadlock over the union’s 40 per cent pay demand.
Andy
Gilchrist, the FBU general secretary, said: "It is now necessary to go
away and consider what has been said and report back to our executive and take
things from there."
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Gilchrist
said the talk were "very civil, very constructive", and said both
sides were trying to avoid a strike.
