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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...

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...

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 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......

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...

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....

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... Planning for Health Care in Retirement Get insights o...