Firefighters due to vote on industrial action in a long running dispute over jobs and holidays will instead be balloted on a peace deal after a breakthrough at conciliation talks. Members of the Fire Brigades Union on Merseyside have staged 22 walkouts in nine months over 20 job losses and a three-day cut in holidays.
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