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Professional Fire Fighters Association
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| Website | https://client.prod.iaff.org/ |
| Category | Labor Union |
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| Last Modified | BrentinCO June 18, 2019 05:24pm |
| Description | Labor Union for that covers all the local Professional Fire Fighter Associations.
AFL President Samuel Gompers was instrumental in the creation of a separate fire fighters union. He said “Our movement is of the working people, for the working people, and by the working people.” It was with his assistance, on February 28, 1918, 36 rank and file members from 24 locals, representing 5,400 members across the U.S. and Canada met in Washington DC and formed the International Association of Fire Fighters. Today, The International Association of Fire Fighters represents 320,000 members.
The IAFF became the first labor organization for public employees. Those first local numbers were given out based on when they affiliated with the AFL and Pittsburgh, Chicago, Pueblo, Des Moines, and Colorado Springs were the first five locals.
The fire fighters joined their unions to have a larger voice, a stronger more unified front with the Fire Chiefs and elected officials in an effort to affect changes in their workplace.
In order to have a positive influence on these essential aspects of the job, fire fighters organized and became active in politics to have an effect on the elected officials making these decisions. As public employees, the fire fighters were often considered second-class citizens who protected the community, performing a dangerous job. There was an attitude shift from silent servants in the community to active participants with a loud voice as fire fighters began lobbying elected officials for change. |
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