SHERIDAN SHOWS SOLIDARITY WITH FIREFIGHTERS and
VISITS GLASGOW FIRE STATIONS ON SUNDAY 20 APRIL
Tommy Sheridan, Convenor of the Scottish Socialist Party was the only political party leader to visit FBU picket lines during the recent strikes, and the only political party leader never to falter in his support of the firefighters and their pay and conditions claim.

On Sunday 20 April he will be visiting the firefighters at Maryhill Fire Station, Maryhill Road, at 12 noon and Pollok Fire Station, Levernside Crescent, at 1 p.m. He will be joined by Jimmy Scott, SSP candidate for Govan, and Donnie Nicholson, SSP candidate for Maryhill.

Due to Jeff Ord's refusal to allow political candidates to visit stations, the firefighters will have to meet Sheridan on the pavement outside the station.

Tommy Sheridan said,
"We have one of the greatest fire services in the world, precisely because the FBU has resisted job cuts and privatisation. Firefighters deserve the European Decency Threshold pay of at least £7.32 - that's the minimum you need to earn to be above the Working Families Tax Credit threshold. It's a disgrace that firefighters - professional men and women who risk their lives - are forced to claim benefits on top of full-time jobs to make ends meet."

"When the government talks about 'modernising' the fire service, what they mean is slashing staff numbers which means, and be in no doubt about it, more injuries, more destruction and more deaths”, added Jimmy Scott, who is a firefighter himself.

The Scottish Socialist Party is increasingly being recognised as the party of trade unionists, the party that shows solidarity with ordinary working men and women and supports them in the struggle against poverty pay, wretchedly long hours and privatisation.
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For further info contact Tommy Sheridan 07887 795 075 & Jimmy Scott: 07967 028 977