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IAFF 48th Biennial Convention Coverage
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  Political and Union Leaders Call for Stronger
Labor Movement
August 31, 2006 – Political Analyst Paul Begala and International
Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers President Tom
Buffenbarger called for a stronger labor movement in their
respective remarks on Thursday, the final day of the IAFF 48th
Biennial Convention in Toronto.
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Buffenbarger video
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 Fire Fighters and Fire Chiefs Need to Work Together to Reduce Injury
and Death
August 31, 2006 - International Association of Fire
Chiefs President William Killen told delegates Thursday that the
fire service must reduce line of duty deaths by 50 percent.
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Watch Burke
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 Delegates Adopt Resolution Naming 9/11 Day of
Remembrance
August 30, 2006 - Just days before the fifth anniversary
of 9/11, Convention delegates voted to make September 11 a Day of
Remembrance. During the special 9/11 tribute, New York fire fighters
and officers also thanked delegates for their recovery efforts
following the terrorist attacks. Read more...
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video
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Delegates Dedicate Per Capita for IAFF Disaster Relief Efforts
August 30, 2006 - Following two of the worst hurricane
seasons in U.S. history, and as Tropical Depression Ernesto
continues to pose a threat along the eastern seaboard, delegates
approved a 10 cent increase in per capita to fund IAFF disaster
relief operations.
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 Delegates Vote to Expand IAFF Programs
August 30, 2006 - Delegates completed debate on per capita
resolutions Wednesday, approving a total of 80 cents in increases.
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 Burn Survivor Heidi Cave Finds Hope in Tragedy
August 30, 2006 - Heidi Cave lost part of her legs, but
not her hope. Cave was 23 years old in 1998 when the car she was
driving was hit so hard that it tumbled into a ravine, caught fire
and killed her friend sitting in the passenger’s seat. Read more...
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video
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  Delegates Move to Create Global Alliance With Other Fire Unions
August 29, 2006 - Convention delegates Monday approved a resolution
allowing the International Association of Fire Fighters to formalize
a strategic global alliance with other fire service unions across
the globe. Read more...
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Delegates Vote to Expand IAFF Programs
August 29, 2006 - The delegates attending the IAFF 48th Convention
considered per capita resolutions in support of Executive Board and
Committee recommendations, paving the way for the IAFF to improve
and expand necessary programs and services for leaders and members.
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Delegates Adopt Resolution to Support Union Sportsman’s Association
August 29, 2006 - During the Tuesday general business session,
delegates adopted substitute resolution 39 to develop and promote a
Union Sportsman’s Association to offer IAFF and other union members
a place to share their love of hunting, fishing and the outdoors.
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 Peacemaker and Bravest Bike Maker Honored
August 29, 2006 - During the Tuesday general business session,
delegates took a break from the business at hand to honor Lynn
Jones, owner of Lynnco Custom Cycles who built the Peacemaker, a
custom-designed motorcycle in memory of the late Mattie Stepanek,
author and former Muscular Dystrophy Association Goodwill
Ambassador.
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video
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 FIREPAC Century Club Awards Recognize IAFF Fundraising Efforts
August 29, 2006 - The Washington State Council of Fire Fighters,
nine IAFF affiliates and two IAFF districts received awards Monday
for efforts to raise money for FIREPAC. Union members raised $3
million for FIREPAC during the election cycle that ended in 2004,
and IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger has set a goal for
the current cycle of $3.5 million.
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 IAFF Welcomes 3,000 in Emotional Opening
Ceremony
August
28, 2006 - IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger welcomed
more than 3,000 delegates and alternates and guests to the 48th
Biennial Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Monday morning during a
powerful and stirring opening ceremony.
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48th Biennial Convention Opening Ceremonies
August 28, 2006 - Celebrating a theme of “Two
Great Nations – One Great Union” the IAFF 48th Biennial
Convention opened Monday morning at the Metro Toronto Convention
Centre in a ceremony that combined music and pageantry and
solemn remembrance and a vision for taking the IAFF to greater
heights. Read more...
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 Hillary Clinton Pledges Support for Fire
Fighters
August
28, 2006 - Speaking during the general business session on
Monday afternoon, Senator Hillary Clinton promised to continue
to fight for federal funding for fire fighters who become ill as
a result of exposure to Ground Zero toxins and for first
responders who contract illnesses after responding to other
terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
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  Canadian Leaders Applaud Fire Fighters
August
28, 2006 - Canadian public officials praised Toronto and Ontario
fire fighters during the IAFF 48th Biennial Convention in
Toronto. Read more...
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David Miller video... Watch
Dalton McGuinty video
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Local 3888 Welcomes IAFF to Toronto
August 28, 2006 - “We are honored to host the
IAFF 48th Biennial Convention,” said Scott Marks, president of
Toronto, ON Local 3888, during the Monday Business Session. “I
am also proud of all the work our members have done to bring
thousands of our brothers and sisters to our great city.” Read more...
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 Toronto Fire Ops Recruits Prime Minister of
Canada Harper
August 25, 2006 - Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper may be used to feeling the heat, but nothing like his experience August 25 during Fire Ops 101 at the Toronto Fire Academy.
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