Firefighters in Essex have started a ban on overtime and rest-day working.
The industrial action is over plans by the county’s fire authority to cut jobs and a number of other changes, said the Fire Brigades Union (FBU).
Last month union members voted 79% in favour of industrial action but stopped short of an all-out strike.
Essex Fire Authority said it wanted to reassure the public that despite the overtime ban there would still be the same response to 999 calls.
Earleir this month we spoke to Paul Adams from the Fire Brigades Union about the dispute
