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PFANJ Executive Board 2020 Election Results
Thursday, 01 January 1970
Congratulations to the elected executive board members of the Professional Firefighters Association of New Jersey based on nominations and voting held at the 2020 PFANJ Convention in Atlantic City, NJ on September 22, 2020.
President - Steve McConlogue, Elizabeth Fire Officers IAFF Local 2040
1st Vice President - Anthony Tarantino, Newark Fire Officers IAFF Local 1860
2nd Vice President - John Murphy, Ocean City IAFF Local 4032
Secretary - Jack Doll, Newark Fire Officers IAFF Local 1860
Tr...

Murphy signs bill extending workers comp to essential workers who got coronavirus
Thursday, 01 January 1970
A bill signed by Gov. Phil Murphy will make it easier for essential workers in New Jersey who contract the coronavirus to qualify for workers' compensation.The new law, retroactive to March 9, removes a requirement that essential workers who came down with the coronavirus to prove they did so on the job.
FULL STORY: https://www.nj.com/coronavirus...

2020 IAFF Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial Virtual Remembrance
Thursday, 01 January 1970
The IAFF 2020 Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial event will be held on Saturday,
September 19 at 11:00 a.m. (Mountain Time) as virtual remembrance to
honor our fallen whose names will forever be etched onto the IAFF Wall
of Honor.
Members are reminded that no IAFF or Colorado Springs
Local 5 staff will be at the site on the day of or days leading up to
this year’s virtual remembrance.
While we won’t be gathering together for this solemn day at the
beautiful Memorial site in Colorado S...

2020 PFANJ CONVENTION - TIME RUNNING OUT TO REGISTER
Thursday, 01 January 1970
Dear Brothers and Sisters
Time is running out to register for the 2020 PFANJ Convention. Due to
the significant restrictions that are expected to still be in effect,
Convention will be limited to elections, resolutions, and other
essential business. However, in order to know how much space we will
need in order to safely hold this event, we are asking all Locals to
register as soon as possible.
As a
reminder, convention will begin on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 9am
and remain...

Essential workers during COVID-19: At risk and lacking union representation
Thursday, 01 January 1970
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, 01 January 1970
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, 01 January 1970
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...