Duluth Firefighters Union boots 3 firefighters for volunteering
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/151974/FOX 21 News: Union boots firefighters
A 23-year veteran of the Duluth Fire Department built a home in Hermantown last year decided he should serve on his new community’s volunteer fire department.
“I thought it would be nice to help them, and they’re short of firefighters up here,” he said.
Noldin volunteered for Hermantown along with two fellow Duluth firefighters. But when the Duluth Fire Union found out, the three were asked to resign their union memberships early this year. The member said he took that route rather than stop volunteering for Hermantown. Under state law, the three are still technically union members and have to pay dues, but they don’t have a voting stake in union activities.
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| Another typical Union wanting the money from the dues and not providing any service, and giving them the boot as well? Seems you could not even mow you elderly neighbors, lawn, they might get hurt? Can they paint their house and use a ladder off duty? Might get hurt there as well? If the neighbors house catches fire and a union members goes and makes a rescue or puts the fire out, isn’t that volunteering? and then in violation of the union rules. Would they then be kicked out of the union then as well? |
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) http://www.firegrantsupport.com/docs/2009SAFERguidance.pdf
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) should also be reviewed on the grant program’s website http://www.firegrantsupport.com/.
Appendix 2 Grantee Responsibilities
http://www.firegrantsupport.com/docs/2009SAFERguidance.pdf
Page 32 (9) Not withstanding any provision of other laws, firefighters hired under these grants shall not be discriminated against for, or be prohibited from, engaging in volunteer activities in another jurisdiction during off-duty hours.
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