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This article comes out just as we have a $.11/month per cap increase which is several thousand for my local.
There is nowhere to turn.
i could have sworn that the person who stated the “IAFF sides with my president” was referring to my local. They (Schaitberger and my president) both have the same mindset – whatever it takes, at any cost.
I believe that when looking at issues, you do it from the guy that rides backwards for a living. If you want to eat big then pull out your own credit card and seek reimbursement. At no time should dues be paying for booze. it’s not your money. Get out of this entitlement mindset.
How can you justify spending that kind of money on dinners when we have locals who are being financially depleted by city managers who push easily resolved items to arbitration?
All you have to do is go to a conference/convention and see the issue. Harold and his boys are usually walking out of the breakfast buffet that costs $35/plate, while his hard working members stand in line for the yogurt and coffee. You have to be frugal when you expect your $71/day per-diem to buy you three meals and one round for the brothers at the bar.
Repairing the damage from pension reform and the economic setbacks is going to take time and member involvement.
You’re not going to get member involvement when they become disenfranchised and choose not to belong to the IAFF.
– See more at: http://www.turnoutblog.com/2015/09/06/iaff-and-labor-day-is-our-future-more-corruption/#sthash.rY7HuIk8.dpuf
