PROFIREPAC
The Political Action and Education Committee of the Professional Firefighters Association of New Jersey
IAFF, AFL-CIO Dear Brothers & Sisters:
Aside from the work we perform as professional firefighters, there is no other place we need be more vigilant than in the halls of the State House in Trenton.
First, consider the attacks we have survived in the past few months and years…
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Raid and attempted takeover of our pension fund
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Attacks on collective bargaining and binding arbitration
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Attacks on our right to organize, pay union dues and participate in government
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Alteration of residency requirements for employment and promotion
Then consider what some still deny our profession and families…
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Safe staffing
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Basic and advanced mandatory training
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Post-terrorism preparedness input, training, and equipment
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Cancer, heart, lung and communicable disease presumption Improved pension benefits including increased percentage of final average compensation and cost living adjustments, and a deferred retirement option plan
our success depends on you:
If we are to continue to prevail in the never-ending struggle of protecting that which we have secured as well as that which we aspire to- our success will largely be dependent upon our participation in the lobbying, elective and supportive process.
You understanding the issues and making the necessary contacts
You voting in local, county, State & Federal elections
You making an annual individual contribution to ProFirePAC
Know your adversary
Lobbyists hired to oppose firefighters earn
per hour more than we do
Their clients contribute heavily - our opposition outspends us
Our employers have a "union" of sorts:
Business has a "union" of sorts:
Contribute to our PAC
Money is the mother's milk of politics. You have to be able to develop and support friends. Campaign contributions, telephone calls, faxes, postage and patrolling the halls of the State House costs real money! Arm your Union the way they are theirs! Make your annual ProFirePAC contribution today.