Labour, Greens and Lib Dems join in call for London’s Tory mayor to abandon his ‘deliberately antagonistic approach’
The London Assembly slammed anti-union mayor Boris Johnson yesterday for threatening to “lock out” striking firefighters, branding his plan a threat to public safety.
The Tory London mayor – who has overseen scores of fire station closures – asked his fire commissioner to investigate “withholding payment from firefighters for part or the whole period of duty on which they are on strike.”
A motion passed at a meeting of the assembly, with support from Labour, Green and Liberal Democrat members, urged the mayor to row back on his “deliberately antagonistic approach.”
It warned that “the safety of Londoners will be jeopardised” in the event of a lock-out.
Labour’s Fiona Twycross, who tabled the motion, said: “This a narrow-minded, politically motivated decision from the mayor.
“What is worse, locking firefighters out like this will pose a genuine risk to the safety of Londoners.