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Why Does Fire Fighters’ ‘Fill the Boot’ Charity Fill the Union’s Coffers? Thousands of “panhandlers” in oversized suspenders camp outside of town squares and churches and major intersections every Labor Day. Instead of fast food cups, they plead with passersby to donate what they can into large rubber galoshes, exhorting them to “Fill the boot!” Perhaps that is why they are so well-received by busy motorists. It also helps that these men are standing in front of fire engines. The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) has turned this spectacle into a wildly successful charity benefit, generating about $20 million each year for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. But a series of multi-million dollar payments from the charity to the scandal-plagued labor union have led some fire fighters and union officials to question the arrangement. ....
‘Fill the Boot’ drives by firefighters have raised $20M a year for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, but who’s getting the money? Updated Mar 02, 2021; Posted Mar 02, 2021 Forest Grove Fire & Rescue employees and volunteers hold out their boots for donations to the Muscular Dystrophy Association on Aug. 22, 2014. (Dillon Pilorget/Forest Grove Leader) LC- Dillon Pilorget/Forest Grove LeaderLC- Dillon Pilorget/Forest Grove Facebook Share By Bill McMorris | RealClearWire Thousands of “panhandlers” in oversized suspenders camp outside of town squares and churches and major intersections every Labor Day. Instead of fast food cups, they plead with passersby to donate what they can into large rubber galoshes, exhorting them to “Fill the boot!” Perhaps that is why they are so well-received by busy motorists. It also helps that these men are standing in front of fire engines. ....
Election Could Reshape Labor Movement A rare contested race for president of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) has given its members a clear choice between a union traditionalist from Boston and a progressive activist who backed massive labor protests against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker a decade ago and then joined electoral efforts to oust the anti-union Republican. In mail balloting already underway, 3,400 local union delegates are casting votes on behalf of 320,000 IAFF members throughout the U.S. and Canada. They are choosing a replacement for 75-year old Harold Schaitberger, a full-time union official for more than four decades and a longtime mover-and-shaker in national Democratic Party circles, who announced his retirement last fall. Vying to succeed him are IAFF Secretary-Treasurer Edward Kelly, a 47- year old Air Force veteran and former leader of the union’s Massachusetts branch, and Mahlon Mitchell, a 43- year old African-American from ....
Help Save People s World The economic crisis has hit People s World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Biden renews collective bargaining pledge to Fire Fighters January 29, 2021 9:36 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg The IAFF’s convention was the first union audience Biden addressed as president. He has long been supportive, as seen here, where he embraces IAFF President Harold Schaitberger at a rally in Pittsburgh. | AP WASHINGTON Last winter, Joe Biden stood and smiled behind an International Association of Fire Fighters podium as more than 800 Fire Fighters stood, cheered, and waved yellow-and-black signs that declared “Run, Joe, Run” for the White House. ....