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Hollywood, FL Local 1375 is relishing a hard-fought victory eight years after city officials unilaterally cut pay and pensions and increased working hours for its professional fire fighters. Thanks to […]

Good things are happening for Mount Pleasant, SC Local 4693, including winning approval for a five-year plan to increase staffing and other fire department resources. With help from the IAFF […]

With women making up only about 4 percent of fire fighters, the all-female executive board of Teton County, ID Local 4667 is truly unique among IAFF affiliates. IAFF 7th District […]

Hundreds of Houston, TX Local 341 members received unprecedented layoff and demotion notices in May as Mayor Sylvester Turner continued his political and legal attacks on fire fighters and their […]

Following the passage of the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act in July 2018, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is now directed to undertake the collection of detailed data on the […]

Canadian IAFF locals continued a remarkable 64-year history of support for Muscular Dystrophy Canada (MDC), raising $1.3 million for the charity in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019. The […]

Federal fire fighters face a frequently hostile environment on Capitol Hill. In recent years, our federal members have faced attacks on their pensions, bargaining rights and pay — sometimes due […]

Fire fighters and other workers remain in danger due to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “systematically ignoring exposure risks” in what has been a lax implementation of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety […]

Admittedly, 130 miles is a long way to walk, but Suffolk, VA Local 2801 members Joe Jarman and Travis Saunders say the five-day trek was worth it. Not only did […]