The Asheville Fire Fighter's Association encourages a strong unity that bonds our firefighter family tightly. With professionalism we work in cooperation to help create working conditions that are just and fair for everyone. Our development of morale boosting events and top notch training allows us to fellowship together both at and away from work. We invite all Asheville firefighters to... JOIN YOUR AFFA IAFF LOCAL 865!
"A Bold Union with a Bright Future and a Proud Tradition"
The date has been set for the Second Annual Fire Ball! Make arrangements to attend the Fire Ball on October the Second. The event will once again be at Celine and Company's "On Broadway". Invites have been sent. Please respond to the Anyvite invitation. Last years' event was a huge success, here are some of the pictures.
This past Thursday, our friends in the House of Representatives completed the voting process that brought our National Public Safety Collective Bargaining Bill one step closer to passage. Because of the passage of this important legislation in the House, this bill will be coming to the floor in the US Senate after the Fourth of July recess. The bill has bi-partisan support and is only applicable to public safety personnel.
Please contact Senator Hagan as soon as possible and respectfully request that she support our collective bargaining bill. Her contact information is as follows:
Senator Hagan:
DC Office 202-224-6342
Asheville Office 828-257-6510
In addition, if you are a resident of a state other than North Carolina, we also ask that you contact your home Senators. Contact information for your home Senators can be found by going to: www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Please click on the following link for an update on your public safety collective bargaining bill. Many people have been asking me about its status, so here it is:www.iaff.org/10News/070110CBBill.htm.
Congratulations to Clint Brown, Dana Trantham and Mike Webb for receiving the highest vote count for Local 865's Executive Board positions. It was truly a tight count and anyone could have taken the spots. So, now comes the fun part-the work. We have an enormous year ahead with numerous goals and objectives to accomplish. Out of all the goals and objectives, our biggest priority will be the public safety collective bargaining bill. I hope you guys are ready to work because we have a lot to do.
Ballots have been mailed for the three available Executive Board positions. These ballots must be received by June 16th, 2010. PLEASE NOTE: Andy Randalls has removed his name from the election process. Please make your selections based upon the six remaining candidates.
Nominations for Local 865 Executive Board positions were closed during today's meeting, April 23, 2010. No additional members were nominated, so those who were nominated from last month's meeting will be running for the positions. The voting process will commence within the next 30 calendar days. Members, please log into your account to read additional information from the minutes.
Congratulations to Mike Marshall for winning another two (2) year presidential term in Local 865.
Also, the nomination process has been opened for all three (3) Association Executive Board Members. The nomination process will continue through the April 2010 regular membership meeting. Please contact any Local 865 Executive Board member if you want to nominate yourself or someone else for the position. Assuming there are more than three (3) nominations, there will be a voting process. Voting will begin within one (1) month following the closing of the nomination process. Please notice: Any Executive Board nominee who wishes to post his or her biography on the AFFA's website should email Scott Mullins or Bjorn Larson. Local 865 will not endorse any candidate, but will allow active members to use any available Local 865 resource to distribute information. The following nominations were accepted during the March 2010 meeting:
Congratulations to Local 865 Member David McFee. McFee, long time member and former AFFA President, was recently promoted to Assistant Chief. He continues to be a friend to the AFFA as he, along with Chief Scott Burnette, meets with the Union Executive Board monthly to hear our concerns while keeping us up to speed on department issues. We are fortunate to have such a luxury.
Be assured that your Local 865 officers will continue to fight for fair and equal treatment, in spite of verbal attacks by specific individuals. It is hard to understand why some individuals feel they can degrade public servant unions who give long and hard hours while serving the public. However, this does appear to be a political trend in today’s society. Instead of focusing their energies on issues such as job creation during tough economic times, these individuals attack, attack, and then attack some more. The ultimate intention is to make us appear to be the enemy, thereby diverting the public’s attention from truly important matters. However, this smoke screen is ineffective at best and will eventually blow away with the wind. What’s left after these kinds of situations is your union. We will always be here to support you, and ensure that your health, safety and wellbeing are watched over.
"Home" E-mail Addresses
We are updating our e-mail contact list and asking everyone with a home e-mail address to contct us so we are sure to have an acurate way to reach you without using the city's e-mail server. Send them to Scott Mullins. Thanks!
Wanted!!
If you have an incident you would like to share on the website forward a complete discription on it along with any digital photos to Scott Mullins.
