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The Burn Center at Saint Barnabas Medical Center 2020 Valor Awards
Tuesday, 29 September 2020
The Burn Center at Saint Barnabas Medical Center invites everyone to join their virtual celebration of their 2020 Valor Honorees. The event will be held on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 6pm and be viewable at www.rwjbh.org/valorawards.

PFANJ President Dominick Marino Remembered at 2020 PFANJ Convention
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
While the ongoing pandemic altered the 2020 PFANJ Convention in many ways, the biggest change was undoubtedly not having PFANJ President Dominick Marino up at the podium leading the event. President Marino died suddenly while conducting union business on April 14, 2020.
The PFANJ was honored to welcome Rachel Marino, daughter of late President Marino, to address convention attendees. After Ms. Marino's remarks, the dais was emptied and President Marino's memory and legacy was honored with a ...

PFANJ Executive Board 2020 Election Results
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
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
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
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
Wednesday, 09 September 2020
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...

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...