UK News 21-10-2002 who: Tony Blair what: To call emergency meeting over fire service strike where: Downing Street, LONDON when: Today snippet: The emergency committee - nicknamed "Cobra" - has previously dealt with the September 11 attacks, the foot and mouth epidemic and the fuel protests, reports Sky News. Mr Blair`s spokesman last night outlined a hardline attitude to unions: "There can be no return to the bad old days of unjustified industrial action," he said, "and there can be no way any Government could accede to this sort of demand for a 40 per cent pay rise." [... more]

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