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	<title>ATLANTA PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS</title>
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		<title>CALL TO ACTION!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Updates</category>
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	What: Final Vote on FY11 Budget
When: Tomorrow, Friday, June 25th at 0900
Where: City Hall Chambers, 55 Mitchell Street, SW
	Final FY11 Budget Vote! - As you are probably aware by now, City Council passed an amendment to the FY11 budget last Monday granting a pay step to Firefighters and Police Officers.  The amendment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CALL TO ACTION AND UPDATE</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Announcements</category>
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CALL TO ACTION!!! - On Monday, June 21 at 1pm, the full City Council will take up the FY2011 budget at it&#8217;s regular meeting at City Hall.  This is your opportunity to address the Councilmember&#8217;s as they consider pay raises.  It&#8217;s very likely that police officers will turn out in large numbers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VOTE HERE for your Fire Chief preference</title>
		<link>http://atlantafirefighters.org/wordpress/?p=252</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Updates</category>
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	Be sure to review the candidates&#8217; resumes, questionnaires, and listen to their interviews, on the post below before casting your vote.
	You must be an IAFF 134 member in good standing to vote.  Your vote will be by electronic secret ballot which will be seperated from your name and member number.
	You will need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire Chief candidate finalist&#8217;s  info</title>
		<link>http://atlantafirefighters.org/wordpress/?p=251</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Updates</category>
	<category>Safety and Health</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Below are the cover letters, resumes, IAFF candidate questionnaire, and interviews for the the three Fire Chief candidate finalists.  Please review the materials and be prepared to vote for your preference beginning on Friday, June 4th.  The results will be reported to Mayor Reed.
	 ATLANTA INTERIM FIRE CHIEF JOEL BAKER
	 
	Cover letter and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire Chief candidate&#8217;s preference vote</title>
		<link>http://atlantafirefighters.org/wordpress/?p=250</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 00:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Updates</category>
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Dear IAFF Local 134 member:
	Mayor Reed has chosen three finalists to be AFR&#8217;s next Fire Chief and has asked for IAFF Local 134&#8217;s recommendation / input.  They are U.S. Fire Administrator Kelvin Cochran, Atlanta Fire Rescue Interim Fire Chief Joel Baker, and Atlanta Fire Rescue Deputy Chief Brenda Willis.
	The executive board has decided on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CALL TO ACTION - PROTEST PENSION ATTACK</title>
		<link>http://atlantafirefighters.org/wordpress/?p=244</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Updates</category>
	<category>Announcements</category>
		<guid>http://atlantafirefighters.org/wordpress/?p=244</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	 
	&#8220;FULTON COUNTY TAXPAYERS&#8217; ASSOCIATION&#8221; SUES TO REVOKE FIREFIGHTERS&#8217;  PENSION IMPROVEMENT
	A group called the &#8220;Fulton County Taxpayers&#8217; Association&#8221;,  made up of mostly wealthy north siders, has sued the city seeking to revoke the pension improvement that gave us a 3% multiplier.  They want to take it away both from active and already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NEWS from Atlanta Fire Fighters</title>
		<link>http://atlantafirefighters.org/wordpress/?p=243</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Updates</category>
	<category>News &#038; Press Releases</category>
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	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
	Contact: Jim Daws
Tel: 404/406-9913
Email: jdaws@atlantafirefighters.org
	Atlanta Fire Fighters to Protest Fulton County Taxpayers&#8217; Foundation Mean-Spirited Pension Attack
	Last week the a group calling itself the Fulton County Taxpayers&#8217; Foundation filed a lawsuit in Fulton Superior Court seeking to overturn ordinances passed in 2001 and 2005 granting pension improvements to City of Atlanta firefighters, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LET’S REBUILD LOCAL 134</title>
		<link>http://atlantafirefighters.org/wordpress/?p=242</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Updates</category>
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	Brothers and Sisters,
	Political and economic forces have taken a toll on IAFF Local 134. I urge all of you to work with us to rebuild Local 134, the union that has represented Atlanta’s firefighters since 1918.
	We must restore our local to ensure that we continue to have a voice – on health and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CALL TO ACTION - NORWOOD VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION SUNDAY, SEPT. 20 AT 4PM</title>
		<link>http://atlantafirefighters.org/wordpress/?p=241</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Updates</category>
	<category>Announcements</category>
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	Please see the announcement below and make plans now to attend.
	For the last 8 years on City Council Mary Norwood has supported firefighters. While others have taken an interest during the election season, Mary has a consistently voting for competitive pay, staffing and benefits.
	It is critical that the next mayor of Atlanta understand the crisis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call to action - Mary Norwood campaign event</title>
		<link>http://atlantafirefighters.org/wordpress/?p=240</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Updates</category>
		<guid>http://atlantafirefighters.org/wordpress/?p=240</guid>
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	Mary Norwood campaign event - 
	We need fire fighters to attend a Mary Norwood for Mayor campaign event on Monday morning, August 31st at 9:45 at City Hall.
	Mary will be certified as a candidate by the municipal clerk and hold a press conference to mark the event and detail her plans for restoring [...]]]></description>
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