Labor Wins

President Joe Biden traveled to Philadelphia Monday to meet with fire fighters at Ladder 1, one of three companies reopening thanks to a $22.4 million federal SAFER award. The companies were shuttered in 2009 by then-Mayor Michael Nutter due to budget constraints.

In the face of mounting pressure from the IAFF and others, Newark, New Jersey, officials recently proposed several safety measures after two fire fighters – Augusto “Augie” Acabou and Wayne “Bear” Brooks Jr – died responding to a July cargo ship fire.