Resolution No. 29
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT: Legislative
Re: Consolidated Federal Fire Department – Adopted
1 | WHEREAS, our nation’s federal fire fighters, |
2 | including California’s federal fire fighters, are |
3 | employed by and work under the direction of various |
4 | governmental agencies at federal installations |
5 | throughout the United States; and |
6 | WHEREAS, the federal governmental agencies |
7 | that employ the more than 10,000 civilian federal fire |
8 | fighters have varying workplace practices, standards |
9 | and staffing requirements, thereby resulting in a |
10 | degradation of workplace fairness and equity; and |
11 | WHEREAS, the CPF 5th District, as well as the |
12 | IAFF 16th District, expends an abundant amount of |
13 | time, effort and resources on an annual basis to |
14 | effectively represent the various federal fire fighter |
15 | locals in contract negotiations; and |
16 | WHEREAS, due to the inherent nuances of local |
17 | contract negotiations and the often-varied |
18 | interpretation by employing governmental agencies |
19 | of applicable standards, laws and procedures |
20 | impacting federal fire fighters, contracts are often |
21 | duplicated; and |
22 | WHEREAS, it is not uncommon for a federal fire |
23 | fighter local in one jurisdiction to be successful in |
24 | negotiating specified contract language, which |
25 | another federal fire fighter local is unsuccessful in |
26 | obtaining in their respective jurisdiction; and |
27 | WHEREAS, interagency operability and |
28 | cooperative response capability does not currently |
29 | exist between federal fire entities, but, if reorganized |
30 | and subsequently coordinated under an “all risk” |
31 | umbrella, a single federal fire entity could ultimately |
32 | provide critically-needed resources in the event of an |
33 | emergency or disaster; therefore be it |
34 | RESOLVED, That the IAFF pursue a legislative, |
35 | legal and/or a political remedy, which results in |
36 | consolidating all existing federal fire entities into one |
37 | agency for the purpose of establishing interagency |
38 | operability and cooperative response capability; and |
39 | be it further |
40 | RESOLVED, That such a consolidated remedy |
41 | also afford adequate levels of staffing, safety, pay |
42 | and retirement fairness for our nation’s federal fire |
43 | fighters; and be it further |
44 | RESOLVED, That in pursuing a consolidated |
45 | federal fire agency, the IAFF collaborate with the |
46 | AFL-CIO and affected federal agencies in pursuit of |
47 | providing representation to all federal fire fighters. |
Submitted by: California Professional Firefighters
Cost Estimate: None
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