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Mar 5, 2024
Legislation to deter violence against fire fighters, paramedics advances in Canadian Parliament

Legislation aimed at deterring violence against on-duty fire fighters and paramedics reached an important milestone Wednesday after it passed a Third Reading vote unanimously in the House of Commons.

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Feb 27, 2024
2024 Legislative Conference

Next week’s 2024 IAFF Legislative Conference, from March 3 to 6 in Washington, D.C., will allow members to engage directly with legislators and advocate for crucial issues affecting fire fighters’ jobs, health, safety, and economic security.

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Feb 23, 2024
Michigan just became more labor-friendly, thanks in part to MPFFU efforts

The repeal of Michigan’s right-to-work law went into effect this week, delivering an important victory for the state’s unions and workers.

Collective Bargaining

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Feb 16, 2024
Fueled by loss, Linda Reinstein wages war on asbestos

Linda Reinstein remembers the day she learned her husband had Mesothelioma, a rare and deadly cancer caused by asbestos exposure. It was 2003, and Alan had been sick for months. A series of tests and visits to doctors would finally reveal the devastating diagnosis.

Cancer

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Feb 5, 2024
Texas court upholds Austin leave provision

Austin, TX Local 975 – with assistance from the IAFF’s General Counsel – won a battle with a group of taxpayers funded by the Goldwater Institute over contract-protected association time in the Texas Court of Appeals.

Labor Rights

Labor Wins

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Jan 20, 2024
IAFF endorses Military Fire Fighter PFAS Compensation Bill

The IAFF is proud to throw its support behind the Military Fire Fighters PFAS Compensation Bill (H.R. 6946), introduced by U.S. Reps. Marilyn Strickland and Bill Posey Jan. 10.

Labor Wins

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Jan 19, 2024
Better protections in place for NJ fire fighters who suffer fatal heart attacks or strokes

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, with the strong support of the Professional Fire Fighters Association of New Jersey (PFANJ), signed legislation into law extending workers’ compensation coverage for fire fighters, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), and paramedics who suffer fatal cardiac events or strokes.

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Jan 11, 2024
Houston Local 341’s long battle over fair pay is ending in victory

Newly elected Houston Mayor John Whitmire wasted no time honoring his campaign promise to Local 341 members, ordering the city attorney to end all legal action that sought to block fire fighters from receiving back pay dating back to 2017.

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Dec 15, 2023
MPs adopt M-96, call on Canadian Gov’t to strengthen airport firefighting regulations

The IAFF is celebrating the adoption of a House of Commons motion that calls on the Canadian Government to strengthen the nation’s airport firefighting regulations as an important step toward improving air passenger and fire fighter safety at Canada’s major airports.

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Nov 18, 2023
Orillia, ON Local 1100 dispatchers’ jobs saved

Advocacy by Orillia ON Local 1100 and the Ontario Professional Fire Fighters Association (OPFFA) has saved the jobs of four member dispatchers after the city reversed a decision made earlier this year to contract out the service.

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