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  Danbury, CT Local 801 President Jeffrey Tomchik has had a busy few years. While attending the National Labor College (NLC) pursuing his bachelor’s degree in labor studies, NLC announced it was closing its […]

When North Hudson, NJ Local 3950 member Salvatore “Sal” DeGennaro met the owner of Spectrum Works ─ a nonprofit dedicated to changing the narrative of widespread unemployment for young adults with autism ─ DeGennaro knew his […]

On May 7, 2016 — at approximately 3:20 am — Riverside City, CA Local 1067 fire fighter Jeremy Roberts returned from a call and immediately received another call. This time […]

Plano, TX Local 2149 hosted its first Fire Ops 101 event April 16. Dubbed “Leadership Fire Academy,” 19 local and state leaders participated in the event. “We named it the […]

When two Goodyear, AZ Local 4005 fire fighters in their early 30s developed aggressive forms of cancer within six months of one another in 2015, members of the United Goodyear […]

Members of Orange County, FL Local 2057 are participating in an educational campaign to raise public awareness of the wage gap between Orange County and other areas of Florida. It […]

For the month of April, members of Arlington, TX Local 1329 changed the lights in all 17 fire stations to blue to show their support for Autism Awareness Month. The […]

  On April 14, 2016, retired Palm Beach County, FL Local 2928 fire fighter John Fischer stood holding the U.S. flag atop the Eiffel Tower with other fire fighters from […]

By unanimous vote on April 21, the Connecticut House of Representatives passed HB 5262, which will expand the list of presumptive occupational diseases to include a long list of cancers […]