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As you now know, we recently received a call to action with regard to a bill that was coming up for an almost immediate vote in the House of Representatives. It was requested that the members of IAFF Local F-282 contact their representatives to garner support for the bill. Because many of you did not provide an email address when you first registered on this site we weren't very successful getting the word out.

Please update your profiles with a non-government email address. Free email addresses are usually available from your Internet Service Provider as well as HOTMAIL, YAHOO, AOL and GOOGLE. We will use the email address you provide us only to send you important information that has time constraints.  Thank you to those of you that have updated your email address as requested, your assistance is very much appreciated.

Anyone have some you can send me @ the webmaster address? For that matter, howsabout a photo of the airfield side of Station 71?

Your pay and incremental cuts to retirements benefits are back on the table as well as proposals for wholesale change. 01/30/12 an update: and, yet another proposal. 02/01/12 another update: pay freeze extension vote scheduled in the House. 02/02/12: it passed the House. Not to be outdone, Senate Republicans have also authored a bill for continuing the pay freeze. 

Have you become active in the IAFF Local F-282 Political Action Committee yet?

Read about here. In February Congress will again take up legislation for the continuation of the payroll tax cut, extended unemployment benefits, the medicare "DOC" fix etc. Don't count on your raise yet.

Is a version of it in your future? Read about the latest machinations.

It's official now.

A Twitter feed from IAFF 16th District Vice-President Jim Johnson has been placed on the members home page.

Ergo, your pay freeze may be extended so that you can do your part to pay for the current middle class tax cuts. It's not a "tax increase" but YOUR middle class purchasing power will surely drop (again). Read about it here.

UPDATE The proposal failed UPDATE

And UPDATED again.

UPDATED YET AGAIN ON 12/12/11, They're still at it! Only these ideas will have an even worse effect on our members and especially new employees. <---UPDATED 12/13/11

UPDATED 12/21/11 The Senate's done deal was undone by Republicans in the House of Representatives. According to these two news articles, it appears that federal employee benefits are at risk again.  And, the pay freeze is still in effect.

UPDATED 12/23/11 The House of Representatives agreed to a two month reprieve. And, a second article.

Have you become active in the IAFF Local F-282 Political Action Committee yet?

The Sub-Labor/Management Partnership Committee has been rechristened the Labor/Management Working Group. The menu tab has been changed to reflect the new title and the contents have been rearranged to be more user friendly.

The "Official F&ES Newsletters" tab has been revamped to make it more user friendly. The official CNRNW F&ES newsletter, "The Siren", has been removed from the website because new issues have not been distibuted to FD employees for a number of years. The "taking care of our own" page has been updated.

According to this politician you do. Read about it here and here. A government agency that tracks these types of statistics has released a report that indicates the opposite. Have you become active in the Local F-282 Political Action Committee yet?

UPDATED 11/8/11

Another presidential candidate claims federal employees are overpaid and overstaffed. He also espouses a pay freeze until the budget is balanced. Have you become active in the Local F-282 Political Action Committee yet?

More than one legislator(?) in DC has figured out it's easier to target federal employees (including first responders) than to do the hard work of putting an all around deficit reduction program together. Here are two news articles that outline what may be in store for YOU. The first article addresses proposals to eliminate the FERS retirement system for new employees and workers with five or less years of service. The second article also discusses the elimination of the federal pension system as well as other proposals for wage freezes, increased employee pension contributions etc. Have you become active in the Local F-282 Political Action Committee yet?

Have you become active in the Local F-282 Political Action Committee yet? In a letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the "super committee") two legislators outline a series of "sacrifices"  they feel federal employees should make. Another article discusses more and different proposals submitted by other legislators.

THE US Congress has passed and the President has signed a Continuing Resolution to fund federal government through November 18, 2011. A more complete explanation can be found in newspapers articles here and here.