Statement by the USB Firefighters’ Union in Support of Northern Department Firefighters
The Italian USB Firefighters’ Union expresses its total, militant and unreserved support for the struggle being waged in Lille by firefighters and their union representatives.
What is happening in Lille is not an isolated case: it is the result of policies across Europe that attack public emergency services, worsen working conditions, reduce staffing levels and put both workers and the population at risk.
In the face of these attacks, mobilisation is not only legitimate but necessary. The struggle being waged in Lille is a just, determined and exemplary one. It is fully in line with what USB is fighting for in Italy against precariousness, chronic lack of resources, exploitation of staff and the deterioration of the public fire service.
Trade union solidarity is a weapon.
National borders must never divide those who defend the same rights and the same mission: saving lives and ensuring collective safety.
USB Vigili del Fuoco stands firmly alongside its colleagues in Lille and reaffirms its willingness to strengthen the convergence of struggles at European level until real change is achieved.
United we fight. United we win.
U.S.B. Vigili del Fuoco
Italy
