A FIREFIGHTER has been reinstated on appeal after evidence came to light that his trade union had provided him with bad advice which had a material impact on the decision to dismiss him.
Following the appeal hearing today, the firefighter was told he can return to work.
In a statement issued today, the Service said that it was unable to give precise details of the case because of the confidential nature of the relationship between an employer and its employee.
But it is of grave concern that an individual’s career and livelihood was almost brought to an end by what appeared to be woefully inadequate advice from a trade union official, the Service said.
“All parties concerned are glad that the matter has been resolved and we all wish to get on with our business of delivering a professional fire and rescue service,” said a spokesman for ECFRS.
The appeal hearing was presented with fresh information which, after careful consideration, it believed would be unfair not to take into account and as a result, held it just and equitable in all circumstances to amend the original decision to dismiss.
would this be the same fireman who lost his job through a councilor leaking his letter to them?
i’m no big union fan as unions in certain sections (the undergound to name one) do go over the top,however in this case it seems to me to be very fishy that a man got his job back after “bad advice from his union” that doesn’t sound right to me and sounds like a pitiful climbdown from the bosses and the union is the scapegoat and while i’m glad the man has got his job back i fear that this will be used to strike fear into the rest of the fireservice when they want to make cutbacks and this man was used as a “political football” and he and his family have has had all this stress about his lively hood and future.
You are very perceptive mgriffiths91. This news report has been directly cut and pasted from ECFRS’s official press release with no real journalism involved. There is a lot more to this story than the twisted glossover handed out here would let on.
” i fear that this will be used to strike fear into the rest of the fireservice when they want to make cutbacks and this man was used as a “political football” .”
Too right!
http://www.firebrigadesunion.org.uk/?p=1628#more-1628
has anyone found out which councillor leaked this mans letter in the first place?