Labour Research September 2023

European news

Firefighters cut

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has found that 10 EU states cut the number of firefighters between 2021 and 2022, with the largest 30% fall in Slovakia.

ETUC general secretary Esther Lynch said that “cutting the number of firefighters in the midst of a climate crisis is a recipe for disaster … we need to ensure our fire services have the staff and resources they need to do their life-saving work”.