On Thursday, May 17 at 4pm, Atlanta’s employee unions will give presentations to City Council for the 2013 budget deliberations. IAFF 134 is scheduled to present 3rd. Our presentation will include compensation comparisons to similar-sized departments in nationally, regionally and in the metro area. It will include the negative impacts of last years pension changes. All off-duty members

The next regular monthly will be Tuesday, April 10th at 1900 at the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Rudisill Hall. The church is located at Peachtree Street and 4th Avenue about 1/2 mile north of the Fox Theater. Please make plans to attend

You may remember last winter’s battle in Wisconsin when newly-elected Governor Scott Walker pushed through union-busting legislation designed to  cripple working families last effective voice. Well now Scott Walker has brought his mean-spirited attacks on working families to Georgia. Today, a committee of the Georgia House of Representatives passed a bill that forces unions to re-organize every year and would

    Lieutenant’s test cheating scandal – As you are no doubt aware, a Fulton County Superior Court judge and jury has issued a verdict that cheating occurred in 2010 Lieutenant’s promotional exam.  Shortly after the test was given, IAFF 134 called for an independent investigation based on reasonable suspicions of cheating and did so again after last week’s court

      Pension lawsuit – Two years ago a group calling itself “The Fulton County Taxpayer’s Foundation” sued the City of Atlanta seeking to revoke the pension improvements made in 2001 and 2005.  The group is actually made up of a tiny percentage of Fulton County taxpayers – a small group of wealthy northsiders. The pension improvements they attacked

February 18, 2012 Mayor Kasim Reed City of Atlanta 55 Mitchell Street, SW Atlanta, GA 30303 RE: Jury Verdict in Lieutenant’s Testing Case Dear Mayor Reed: In June of 2010, I wrote to you on behalf of the IAFF and expressed grave concerns about irregularities in the outcome of the promotional testing for Lieutenant and about the inadequacy of the

The bi-annual election for IAFF 134 president and first trustee will be held by mail-in ballot from November 28th to December 13th, 2011.  The filing period for candidates will be from Thursday, November 5th through Monday, November 7th, 2011 from 0900 to 1300 each day.  Candidates must register in-person at the union hall at 161 Mangum Street, SW, Suite 205,

  PENSION ELECTION Many members are reporting that the pension statements they received from the city contain errors which makes it difficult or impossible to make an informed decision on the pension election. IAFF 134 has made this condition known to the Administration and City Council and legislation is currently being drafted to extend the pension election by 30 days

  Pension Plan Election – In response to members’ requests for information and clarity on the upcoming pension plan election, IAFF 134 has engaged a pension expert to conduct an analysis to determine the possible consequences to members with various years of service.  We expect this analysis to be competed by October 16th and will hold 2 special called meetings

In response to their pension presentation, Mayor Reed accuses Fire Fighter of bullying tactics. Watch the presentations below and see if you agree: http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/local_news/atlanta-firefighters-commuter-tax-pensions-20110421-es