Union & Health Issues, Events, Fundraisers & Benefits

• Voting for Queens Trustee? Is Your Address Correct?
• Cornell Workplace Study Begins
• UFA Response to Proposed Closings & Cuts
• Safe Response After Company Closings
• 10-14 Still Required for Safety
• Contract

Events, Help, Fundraisers & Benefits:

• FDNY Memorial at World Police & Fire Games in Spain...
• Outward Bound Scholarships for Families Affected by 9/11
• Pelco Memorial Dedication in NY on June 14th
• Summer Meeting Break

Cornell Workplace Study Begins
The Cornell University Traumatic Stress, Workplace Conditions and Well-being Study is now being conducted in the field. In order to improve firehouse conditions, training, equipment, management and the overall health and safety of our membership, we need concrete data detailing the inadequacies in the FDNY. If your company has been chosen, we need 100% participation in order for us to ensure that it will be an effective tool for both us and you.

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UFA Response to Proposed Closings & Cuts
In each instance where the Department has attempted to reduce staffing or close companies, theUFAresponse has been immediate, decisive -- and well documented. This includes utilizing the courts, arbitration, press conferences, media blitzes, rallies, posters, paid advertising campaigns, negotiating with and pressuring City Hall, working with the IAFF, City Council,Albanyand inWashington,DC. But of key importance is our support for local community efforts in their fights to keep firehouses in their neighborhoods open, which is the only true way to combat company closings. We applaud all efforts put forth by those companies and communities targeted by the City and are sad that only two companies were saved as a result of those efforts. Our fight will continue. A folder which contains documentation for much of the above was given to each Company Delegate at the June 12UnionMeeting, though it is by no means all-inclusive. All company members should have the opportunity to look at this package. It goes a long way toward dispelling any inaccuracies that are spun in the media or spread by the misinformed.

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Safe Response After Company Closings
Due to firehouse closings, more companies will be responding from farther away. Please remember to operate as safely as you possibly can--and never forget--don't get injured speeding to an alarm. Follow all Department procedures when responding. You are unable to help others if you are involved in an accident. Slow down. We didn't start the fire, but when we get there we will put it out. STAY SAFE!

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10-14 Still Required for Safety
Despite the new 2 Engine response protocol for single source reports of structural fires, it is still critical for public and firefighter safety that a 10-14 signal be given on the teleprinter when acknowledging an alarm.

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Contract
The Governor resigned the PERB provisions of the Taylor Law unchanged. He had previously sought to change the law to favor municipalities by making ability to pay a mandatory provision in arbitration, which now cannot happen for at least another two years. This is a big victory for labor and will assist in UFA leverage during contract negotiations with the City, which has repeatedly refused to negotiate with the UFA to date, despite numerous formal requests. The UFA will keep you informed of any progress on this very important matter.

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FDNY Memorial at World Police & Fire Games in Spain...
...needs your help. This is the perfect opportunity for remembering our fallen brothers, and for saying thanks to all our worldwide brothers and sisters for showing up at all our funerals and memorials, and for all the donations and support they have given us in our time of need. The special “Memorial & Thank You” exhibit at The Games will take place this summer in Barcelona, Spain (July 26 - August 3). Hundreds of FDNY athletes participate in The Games semi-annually, along with over 10,000 members from departments acrossAmericaand from over 60 countries around the world. Ten-thousand ‘Thank You’ booklets will be presented to all participants with photos of all our fallen brothers and special letters of thanks from the UFA & UFOA presidents and the 9-11 Widows & Victims’ Families Association, along with FDNY Thank You pins and other custom tokens of FDNY gratitude that say ‘Thank You’ in many languages. The memorial is funded in its entirety by donations & all proceeds go to the exhibit and gifts. For those Companies that have not mailed in their $100 raffle--which was previously mailed to each company--UFAstrongly encourages your support for such a good cause. The raffle deadline has been extended to July 16. $100 per raffle. Prizes: $10,000 first, $3,000 second, $2000 third. If you lost the flyer with the ticket, you can send a check for $100 to FDNY Memorial at the WPFG c/o Lt. Bill Miccio, D-6, FDNY Volleyball Team & he will send you your ticket stub. Questions? Call Bill at 845-258-0181.

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Outward Bound Scholarships for Families Affected by 9/11t
Outward Bound is the national leader in experiential education in theUnited States. Students learn personal leadership, character, compassion and a sense of social responsibility through the challenge and adventure of wilderness learning. Outward Bound provides free course scholarships to young people and adults affected by 9/11. Programs vary by age group. Courses for youth and young adults, 14-24+ years of age:

Fraternally,

Stephen J. Cassidy
President

Joseph A. Miccio
Recording Secretary