BLATANT BULLYING TACTICTS, LIVERPOOL FIRE FIGHTERS ARE BEING MONITORED!!!

STRIKING FIRE FIGHTERS HAVE CLAIMED THEY DISCOVERED TABS THAT SHOW WHO HAS BEEN STRIKING AND EVEN WHAT CLOTHES THEY HAD ON!

Taken from icLiverpool
Firefighter anger at picket dossier

Sep 5 2006 By Homa Khaleeli, Liverpool Echo
STRIKING firefighters claimed today that bosses were keeping dossiers on them. The Fire Brigades Union said photocopies of identity cards have been stuck on the walls of stations and forms are being filled in monitoring the movement of pickets. Crews found their cards and the forms in the stations when they returned to work for two hours yesterday before the second four-day strike began. Now the FBU is seeking legal advice over what they see as bullying tactics. A spokesman said: "The strike breakers forgot to clean up after themselves and our members found forms with headings like what people were wearing, how many there were in more than one station.

"I am shocked by this. It leaves a bitter taste in the mouth."

But a fire service spokesman insisted that it was important to monitor pickets. He said: "We have to make sure there are not too many. We also monitor behaviour. "On one occasion, it was necessary to call the police after strikers in Croxteth got too boisterous." Chief fire officer Tony McGuirk also defended an email which warned striking firefighters they were not demonstrating the right personal qualities to advance their careers.
He said: "My email set the context of the qualities and character we will be looking for in leaders for the future. "It does not prejudice any individual who takes part in industrial action." Talks between fireservice bosses and staff failed to find a resolution yesterday but they resumed at 10o'clock this morning. However, a breakthrough was described as unlikely by FBU members who said the fireservice was again asking for preconditions. Ex-firefighters have been drafted in to provide cover for the 1,000 striking staff. This morning crews in the city centre attended a serious car fire in Tithebarn Street. Twelve people from nearby flats had to be evacuated at 2am. Stand-in crews in Birkenhead also rescued a cat from a pub roof this morning. homa.khaleeli@liverpool.com


IF THIS IS NOT BULLYING IN ITS EXTREMITY THEN WHAT IS?