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vict ry in ohio c ntents NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011 JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS/VOL. 94 NO. 6 FEATURES IAFF Staff Fire Ops ON THE COVER: Fighting Back IAFF defeats SB5 and wins important battles ..................................12 Ohio Fire Fighters Get Out the Vote Bus Tour P.32 Fire fighters stop in 13 cities to remind Ohians to vote ....................16 General President’s Message November Elections Benefit IAFF Affiliates Fighting Back in 2011 ........................................................5 IAFF celebrates election wins beyond Ohio ....................................20 General Secretary-Treasurer’s Message IAFF Goes Pink For Breast Cancer Awareness Important Changes Are Not Always Obvious ..........................7 IAFF affiliates wear pink in support of women with cancer ..............23 Letters to the Editor ....................................................8 IAFF Guardian Policy At Work Local Scene ..................................................................9 Affiliate leaders find justice ..............................................................26 Always on the Frontline ............................................28 Across the IAFF ..........................................................30 Breast Cancer Awareness Month Fully Involved ..............................................................33 On the Road ................................................................37 Retirees ........................................................................39 In Memoriam/Last Alarm ..........................................42 P. 23 On The Cover Grassroots mobilization was key to victory for Ohio fire fighters. —phOtO by ScOtt treibitz P. 28 Always on the Frontline International Fire Fighter 3 INTERNATIONAL Harold A. 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Whitehead charles L. buss 9th District Gerald O. holland Anthony Mejia Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus Randall (Randy) Atkinson Michael J. crouse 3451 Julian Avenue Frank A. palumbo 7964 South pennsylvania Drive Long beach, cA 90808 ernest A. “buddy” Mass Littleton, cO 80122 (562) 989-3667 (Office) Vice President Emeritus terry A. ritchie (303) 738-9338 (home) (562) 212-2055 (cell) charley hall Dominick F. barbera (303) 880-1329 (cell) russell p. cerami Trustee Emeritus GENERAL COUNSEL James L. hill William McGrane Thomas Woodley elliott hastings Dennis Lloyd Woodley & McGillivary John K. Stephens 4 November/December 2011 From the General president Fighting Back in 2011 e have been on a remarkable journey this year. continually browned out fire companies and continually Following the elections in the fall of 2010, closed fire companies. Wwhen a number of extremists took office, our But nowhere were our efforts more evident than in opponents came after us in 2011 with everything they Ohio, where the margin of victory in that state’s had. What started out as an attack on pensions turned November 8 referendum to reject an assault on collective into an all-out war on those who work for a living. bargaining rights was even greater than the most Right away we recognized that to fight this optimistic projections — 62 percent of voters stood with well-organized, well-financed, well-coordinated attack the fire fighters, police officers and teachers in their state, we needed to be both strategic and forceful in our sending the overreaching legislation passed by Governor response. We recognized that it would take the resources John Kasich and his ilk to the trash heap. at every level of this great union to protect our members’ The incredible work of our affiliate leadership all across rights, wages and benefits. Ohio and the willingness of our membership to make So in March, your Executive Board voted unanimously the calls, walk the neighborhoods and knock on the to allocate the financial resources to respond to the doors and urge friends and neighbors to Vote No on Harold A. vicious attacks, and we launched our Fighting Back Issue 2 made the difference. In the end, the image of our Schaitberger effort. members and the tremendous work you all do, told the As we look back on 2011, I can say with all honesty that story and persuaded the voters that the governor was our efforts have made a difference for so many affiliates wrong. and members because we did not sit back — we fought I am proud that the IAFF has weighed in with financial “As we look back. support, boots on the ground, television ads, campaign In New York City we joined the Uniformed Firefighters mailings, campaign videos, e-mail blasts, op-eds, letters back on 2011, I Association Local 94 and the Uniformed Fire Officers to the editor and online support using social media in so can say with all Association Local 854 for a historic march and rally and many of our Fighting Back campaigns. convinced billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg to halt Now our journey will take us to Wisconsin, where our honesty that our his plan to close 20 fire companies. locals, state association and this International will do In Oklahoma our members preserved binding everything it takes to get Governor Scott Walker out of efforts have arbitration. office. Efforts already