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Protect Your Pensions
Immediate Help Needed!
In the next 24 hours the General Assembly could pass a budget amendment that will take 5% of your pay away from you. This budget amendment affects all CURRENT employees. Localities are licking their chops in anticipation of using you, their employees to help balance their budgets. The General Assembly says its wrong to raise taxes, and a lot of localities have said the same, so why it ok to tax you, an employee. Our members have already taken cuts to their pay in the form of insurance premium hikes and inflation and most have not gotten a pay raise in years.
I have heard our retirement referred to as a Cadillac plan, when in reality we are one of the lowest in the nation. A study done last year also compared our pay to other comparable states but not neighboring states which have higher pay. Even North Carolina has better retirement than Virginia. The study also found that our pay is 15-20% lower than private sector jobs without the retirement factored in.
We have come under attack and we need your help to stop it. Please call all your friends, other public employees in youe area, neighbors, anyone you think will help and have everyone call their representative in the General Assembly, and ask that they stop their attack on your retirement. We have LESS than 24 hours to get this done, so it needs to be done today.
CALL YOUR STATE SENATOR and DELEGATE NOW!!!! EMAIL YOUR DELEGATE OR SENATOR NOW!!!!
Here are the links for the budget as approved be House Appropriations and Senate Finance.
http://sfc.state.va.us/committeemeetings.shtml
House Bill 30
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FIRE OPS 101
The 5th District of the Virginia Professional Firefighters (Chesterfield, Henrico, Hanover, New Kent, Caroline, Petersburg, Hopewell, Colonial Heights, Prince George) are planning a FIRE OPS 101 class for February 2010. This class is conducted to educate our Board of Supervisors, State Delegates, State Senators, Congress, and Senate about our profession. It includes live burns, EMS scenarios, Haz Mat, and other technical knowledge of our profession. This daylong event requires a large cadre of instructors, administrators, and behind the scenes assistants that can talk the talk and walk the walk. Our local is looking for politically savy members to help with this event. If you are interested, please contact Local 1568 President Stephen Pignatello. If you have any questions about FIRE OPS 101, go to the IAFF Website. http://www.iaff.org/et/fireops101/purpose-main.htm
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Proposed EMS Regulations
Governor Tim Kaine has signed the proposed EMS Regulations and now they can move forward in the process to public forum/comments. This timeframe will be about 60 days and includes numerous public comment locations throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Virginia Professional Firefighters leadership has spent months helping the EMS Advisory Board make proposed changes to these regulation and needs our help. We are asking all professional firefighters to support the EMS regulations as proposed and come to the public forums to voice this support in the next few months. Many of the changes were made to clean up outdated items within the regulations or unfair practices. Gary Samuels, the VPFF Represenative on the EMS Advisory Board, will keep everyone informed when the time is near. The final step of this process will be to get the Regulations approved and submitted for the signature of Governor Elect - Bob McDonnell sometime next year.
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2009-2010 Election Results
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On: Oct 27, 2009 (20:22:00)
2009-2010 Officers President – Stephen Pignatello 1st VP – Jackson Baynard 2nd VP – Greg McKee 3rd VP – Jason Vick Sec / Treasurer – Gary Samuels Trustees (2 Per Shift) A – Jeff Adams, Bruce Ivey B – Ian Enterline, Robbie Owens C – Chris Darko, John Montgomery Sgt at Arms (1 Per Shift) A – Frankie Otey B – Jim Wheaton C – Herman Krebs |
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UPDATE YOUR ADDRESSES and EMAIL
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On: Sep 19, 2009 (10:06:00)
All members of the Henrico Professional Firefighters Association need to log into the website and provide all the information requested for address, email, phone numbers, and other information. This will allow us to send you broadcast emails about political events, fundraisers, and other items that we can not send on the County email. It will increase our communications to our membership. Look at the top right corner of this page and login. If you forgot your login information signup. Please make it something you can remember.
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Upcoming Union Meetings
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On: Dec 31, 2009 (17:32:00)
All Union Meetings will start at 1930 hours on the first consecutive Wednesday and Thursday of the month. The location is at Striker Field (Old Longdale Recreation) at Francis Road and Greenwoord Road in Station 21's area. Next Union Meeting - The first consecutive Wednesday night and Thursday night. 2010 Dates
B Shift- Jan. 6, 2010 and A Shift Jan. 7, 2010 at 1930 hrs.
C Shift- Feb. 3, 2010 and B Shift Feb. 4, 2010 at 1930 hrs.
A Shift- Mar. 3, 2010 and C Shift Mar. 4, 2010 at 1930 hrs.
C Shift- Apr. 7, 2010 and B Shift Apr. 8, 2010 at 1930 hrs.
A Shift- May 5, 2010 and C Shift May 6, 2010 at 1930 hrs.
B Shift- Jun. 2, 2010 and A Shift June 3, 2010 at 1930 hrs. A Shift- Jul. 7, 2010 and C Shift Jul. 8, 2010 at 1930 hrs.
B Shift- Aug. 4, 2010 and A Shift Aug. 5, 2010 at 1930 hrs.
C Shift- Sep. 1, 2010 and B Shift Sep. 2, 2010 at 1930 hrs.
B Shift- Oct. 6, 2010 and A Shift Oct. 7, 2010 at 1930 hrs.
C Shift- Nov. 3, 2010 and B Shift Nov. 4, 2010 at 1930 hrs.
A Shift- Dec. 1, 2010 and C Shift Dec. 2, 2010 at 1930 hrs.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
Updated
On: Oct 27, 2009 (20:20:00)
Toms Meats and Produce Hill Billy Reds Restaurant The Halligan Bar and Restaurant Sandston Baptist Church Kitchen Committee Queensfield Golf Course Baileys The Pour House at Short Pump and The Beach House and Keys at Innsbrook Bob Witte and Viking Builders Buffalo Wild Wings at Virginia Center Commons and Steinmart Shopping Center
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Union Officers and Station Liasions
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On: Jan 11, 2010 (07:50:00)
President – Stephen Pignatello 1C VP1 – Jackson Baynard 12A VP2 – Greg McKee 1C VP3 – Jason Vick 18A Secretary/Treasurer Gary Samuels 16D A Shift Trustee – Jeff Adams 11A / Bruce Ivey 1A B Shift Trustees – Enterline 12B / R. Owens 6B C Shift Trustee – Darko 22C / Montgomery 15B A Shift Sgt at Arms – Otey 21A B Shift Sgt at Arms – Wheaton 21B C Shift Sgt at Arms – Krebs 22C Station Representative 1 – Bruce Ivey / Pignatello / McKee 2 – Kevin Jones 3 – Mike Sullivan 4 – Engstrom 5 – Kidd 6 – Robbie Owens 7 – James Roberson / Munson 8 – Hancock 9 – Eric Armstrong 10 – Chuck Colfax 11 – T. Engel / J. Adams 12 – J. Baynard 13 – D. Nuckols 14 – Maxton 15 – John Montgomery 16 – Kump / Samuels 17 – Jonathan Kling 18 – Jon Carroll / Jason Vick 21 – G. Overstreet / Wheaton 22 – Darko / Krebs Admin – Butch Jones Training - Southall
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NEWS UPDATE
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On: Feb 14, 2009 (18:30:00)
The Henrico Professional Firefighters Association moved on June 20th, 2007. We are still looking for a building to move into in the next few months. This process gives us more time to find a suitable location and work toward the Incorporation of our Association and the possible creation of the Henrico Firefighters Foundation Charity. Monthly Meetings Our monthly meetings will meet at 1930 hours in the Striker Field Building at the Corner of Frances Road and Greenwood Road. Please come out. If you would like to join, please contact me for membership cards. This is your UNION and we need your input and help to set the direction for the future. Contact Information: Our new address is Henrico Professional Firefighters Association - IAFF Local 1568 P.O. Box 28223 Henrico, Virginia 23228 The Union phone number will stay the same. (804)264-9696. We are using a remote call forwarding to my cell phone. It is easier to call any Executive Board Member if you have an issue that needs attention.
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