From today's Telegraph:
"It is understood that both sides had reached an agreement on the outstanding issues. But sources on the employers' side said last night the deal was scuppered by the FBU's refusal to sign up to a clause that would require firemen working on bank holidays to do more than just answer emergency calls.
Firemen receive double pay and a day off for working a bank holiday. Employers said that the union's stance was the equivalent of nurses refusing to treat anything other than emergencies."
Sheer greed or what?