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Essential workers during COVID-19: At risk and lacking union representation
Wednesday, 09 September 2020
While some industries have relatively high union density rates (e.g., emergency services and the energy sector), they often represent relatively small industries as a share of total employment. In larger essential sectors, the union density rates are much lower: only 8 percent of workers in the food and agriculture industry and just 10 percent of healthcare workers are covered by a union contract.
FULL STORY: https://www.brookings.edu/blog...

Scarce coronavirus vaccine should go to frontline health workers first, report suggests
Thursday, 20 August 2020
Frontline
healthcare workers, emergency services personnel and the most
vulnerable to the virus should be the first to get any eventual
coronavirus vaccine, experts recommend in a new report released
Wednesday.
People working to make and distribute the vaccine
should also be first in line to get one, the team at the Johns Hopkins
Center for Health Security recommends.
"The primary reason for
including these candidate groups within Tier 1 is that their
prioritization would likely a...

Booker, Menendez Laud Signing of Legislation into Law Helping Families of First Responders Lost to COVID
Thursday, 20 August 2020
Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez
(both D-NJ) lauded the signing of legislation into law to improve
timely access to financial assistance for families of public safety
officers lost to COVID-19. The Senate unanimously passed the
Safeguarding America’s First Responders Act (SAFR) in May with the House
of Representatives following suit in July. The bipartisan legislation,
which was introduced by Booker and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), clarifies certification requirements for survivo...

City of Hackensack Awarded $510,783 Federal Grant for Fire Department
Sunday, 16 August 2020
City of Hackensack officials announced that the Hackensack Fire Department has been awarded an Assistance to Firefighters grant from FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security. The $510,783.65 grant award
will allow the HFD to implement a fire training program in conjunction
with the Fire Departments in Teaneck and Englewood.
US Rep Josh Gottheimer and US Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker supported the HFD's efforts in receiving this grant.
READ MORE: https://www.tapinto.net/sectio......

$122K to Hoboken Fire Department, Menendez and Booker Announce
Sunday, 16 August 2020
The Hoboken Fire Department is one of dozens across New Jersey to secure funding through the FEMA 2019 Assistance to Firefighters Grant, Senators Bob Menendez and Coty Booker have announced.
Hoboken Fire Chief Brian Crimmins says that the $122,000 in funding
will be used to modify all four of the city’s firehouses with new diesel
exhaust removal systems. The new, modern systems, he said, will create a
healthier and safer environment for firefighters, employees, and
visitors by removi...

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL NJ PARAMEDICS & EMTS
Sunday, 16 August 2020
Please visit to www.nj.gov/health/ems
to view the new waivers authorizing all EMT and Paramedic
certifications, originally due to expire on June 30, 2020, to be
extended to December 31, 2020.
Upon renewal, the new certification cycle for these providers will be:
EMT: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2023
Paramedic: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022
Should you have any questions or concerns please contact the NJ
Department of Health - EMS Office at [email protected] or 609-633-7777....

August Webinar Series Financial Fitness Sessions for IAFF Members and their Families
Sunday, 09 August 2020
Nationwide Retirement Plans Webinars
Join
Nationwide for a series of webinars covering important topics related
to retirement, healthcare and the economy. Throughout August, Nationwide
will offer these concise one-hour webinars – exclusively for IAFF
members. See the list below of the sessions and topics which are
available at a variety of times to help fit your schedule. MORE INFO: https://iaff-fc.com/august-web...
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