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122nd Annual NJ FMBA Convention
122nd Annual NJ FMBA Convention
Golden Nugget Atlantic City
September 17-20, 2018
122 Years leading the way for NJ Firefighters, EMTs and Dispatchers
Pension Bill S-5 Signed by Governor Murphy
After several years of researching, advocating on, offering testimony for, and seeking support of, our legislation (S-5) to give a new board consisting of a majority firefighters and police officers control of our own pension system has been signed into law.
Cancer Registry Act passes and signed by President Trump
On Tuesday July 3rd members of the New Jersey fire service joined Congressman Bill Pascrell Jr. and United States Senator Bob Menendez at Englewood Fire Headquarters for an event to celebrate the passage of the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act. Menendez and Pascrell, are the prime sponsors of this landmark legislation to protect firefighters from cancer risks.
SCOTUS Decision
Yesterday the US Supreme Court took another shot at weakening unions and depriving workers of their rights to be heard, and adequately protected, in the workplace.
Coming off of 8 years of attacks by Governor Christie this attempt by those that hate everything labor unions stand for does not scare us, and it will not dissuade us from doing what we do every single day, protecting our members.