Ad condemns plans to cut firefighters
Cherry Hill Courier Post, Cherry Hill, NJ
December 19, 2010
In a full-page advertisement that appeared in Saturday's Courier-Post, the state firefighters' association condemned plans by Camden officials to cut 67 firefighter positions.
Firefighters ask for postponement of pension hearing
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Monday, December 20, 2010
The Pittsburgh firefighters union is asking a judge to postpone a hearing on its request to stop a state takeover of the city pension fund.
Zanesville officials, union reps discuss furloughs
Zanesville Times Recorder, Zanesville, OH
December 18, 2010
ZANESVILLE -- Police, fire and service-worker union representatives met Thursday and Friday with city officials to discuss the prospect of furloughs to help fix an expected $500,000 budget deficit facing the city in 2011.
N.J. City Waits on Grant, Firefighters Get Notices
If Trenton does not receive the federal funds, the layoffs of 61 firefighters will be executed by Jan. 5.
Firehouse.com News
Posted: Sat, 12/18/2010 - 10:18am Updated: Sun, 12/19/2010 - 12:21pm
The City of Trenton issued layoff notices to 61 firefighters yesterday as it waits hear back about a $13.5 million SAFER grant it applied for earlier this year, according to The Times of Trenton.
A look at 2010: Budget battle leads a combative year for Rockford
Rockford Register Star, Rockford, IL
Posted Dec 18, 2010 @ 11:50 PM Last update Dec 18, 2010 @ 11:54 PM
ROCKFORD — 2010 will go down in the history books of City Hall as one of contention, highlighted by seemingly nonstop debates and breakdowns in communication.
Fire union to vote on saving jobs
Albany Times Union, Albany NY
Published: 12:00 a.m., Monday, December 20, 2010
SCHENECTADY -- Planned cuts in the number of city firefighters next year could be avoided if the firefighters union ratifies a new contract with the city this week.
New Fire Union Deal Could Save $4.5M
Plan Could Cut Staffing, Increase Firefighter Health Care Costs
KETV Omaha, Omaha, NE
POSTED: 9:00 pm CST December 17, 2010 UPDATED: 9:08 pm CST December 17, 2010
OMAHA, Neb. -- A new proposal between the city of Omaha and its firefighters union could save the city $4.5 million over the old contract, KETV News Watch 7 has learned.
Windsor-Severance firefighters hope to be unionized by February
Greeley Tribune, Greeley, CO
Friday, December 17, 2010
Firefighters in the Windsor-Severance Fire Protection District should know by February whether they’ll be part of the International Association of Firefighters union.
New Canaan Turns Down Fire Contract
The Daily New Canaan
12/18/10
Firefighters and members of the Town Council will have to continue negotiating a new contract after the Town Council turned down the latest offering.
State rules in favor of local union in contract dispute
Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, SD
Posted: Monday, December 20, 2010 6:00 am
The state Department of Labor has dismissed Rapid City's claim that members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1031 broke state law by not approving a tentative contract reached in mediation.
New union begins to negotiate 3-year contract
Leelanau Enterprise, Lake Leelanau, MI
Sunday, December 19, 2010 - 1:00am
Officials of the Suttons Bay-Bingham Fire and Rescue Authority and several firefighters held their first formal meeting last week towards negotiating a union contract for nine full-time professional firefighters and emergency medical personnel employed by the Suttons Bay-Bingham department.
Joint fire district for Endicott, Johnson City possible in the near future
Village boards to explore the subject
Press & Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, NY
December 17, 2010, 11:00 pm
Johnson City and Endicott are looking down a path that could lead to the dissolution of both of their fire departments in a matter of months.
Town dumps 2 health plans
Aim is savings; union objects
Boston Globe
December 19, 2010
Burlington selectmen have voted to implement cost-saving changes to the town’s health insurance program without securing union agreements that state law requires.
Firefighters' Union Sues City Over Alleged Dispatch Error
NY1
12/17/2010 10:49 PM
The firefighters' union has sued the city for records related to a deadly two-alarm fire in the Bronx.
Three police unions forgo merit raises
City budget gets boost from deals, health premium moratorium
Lancaster Eagle Gazette, Lancaster, OH
December 18, 2010
LANCASTER -- Lancaster's three police unions will forgo scheduled pay raises next year, according to tentative agreements they have reached with the city.
Saturday fire claims another life in East Baltimore
Morning blaze comes just hours before firefighters were to check area homes for working smoke detectors
Baltimore Sun
6:35 p.m. EST, December 18, 2010
A house fire claimed a life in East Baltimore early Saturday, not far from where six members of a family died in a blaze days earlier, and just hours before firefighters were due to go door-to-door in the area to check if homes had working smoke alarms.
Intersection-fundraising ban could hurt Wichita nonprofits
The Wichita Eagle, Wichita, KS
Posted on Mon, Dec. 20, 2010
Perhaps you’ve noticed firefighters in shopping center parking lots around Wichita collecting donations for the Salvation Army. That hasn’t been their usual collection spot on the first three Saturdays of each December.
