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The City of Alexandria, Virginia, is the first jurisdiction in the Commonwealth to pass a collective bargaining ordinance, a crucial victory in the battle to give professional fire fighters and EMS personnel a stronger voice in a safer, fairer, more efficient workplace.

Memphis, TN Local 1784 members are working with the fire department’s Healthcare Navigator Program to administer hundreds of COVID-19 vaccines each week to Shelby County citizens who are homebound or have difficulty reaching one of the county’s vaccine centers.

Members from seven IAFF affiliates will be cycling from the Santa Monica Pier in California to New York City, arriving on September 9 in time for the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorists attacks.

Public health agencies have raised concerns regarding the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the United States and the AstraZeneca vaccine in Canada after blood clots occurred in a small number of people who received those vaccines.

Legislation to extend basic collective bargaining rights to fire fighters and emergency medical personnel in all 50 states has been introduced in the U.S. House by Representatives Dan Kildee (D-MI) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA).

Thanks to the hard lobbying efforts by the Tennessee Professional Fire Fighters Association (TPFFA), Governor Bill Lee signed legislation into law (effective April 13) that provides workers’ compensation to fire fighters, paramedics and EMTs who contract pandemic-related viruses or diseases.

Legislation to provide federal fire fighters presumptive workers’ compensation benefits has been reintroduced by a bipartisan group of legislators.

Several affiliates pulled off important public safety wins in April 6, 2021, referendums and elections, all with the assistance of the IAFF.

On their first day as principal officers of the IAFF, General President Ed Kelly and General Secretary-Treasurer Frank Líma were together on the ground in Houston with Local 341 members, fighting for the rights of our local leaders to advocate for our members and their families.

Today, newly elected IAFF principal officers General President Edward A. Kelly and Frank V. Líma officially begin their terms in office, marking a new chapter in our union’s history and for our 324,000 members across the United States and Canada.