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May 3, 2013
May 20, 2013

Highlights this week:

  • Three PFFNH supported bills are on their way to becoming law
  • WMUR has a featured story on us this week
  • We need your help:
    • At an event in North Hampton on Monday
    • To tell your Reps to SUPPORT SB 152, gaming.
  • Bi-Monthly meeting Wednesday 10:00am in Nashua

 

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Legislation

SB 166: relative to critical incident stress management and crisis intervention services.

  • This bill will go on the consent calendar for May 8th. It will likely be re-referred to the House Judiciary committee.
  • The bill has been met with enthusiastic support. As you know this bill makes confidential any information that might be divulged during a critical incident stress management and crisis intervention incident.
  • This is a good bill that the PFFNH feels very strongly about.

 

HB 178: relative to public employer collective bargaining agreements.

  • This bill was passed in the Senate on a voice vote. It now goes to the Governor for her signature.
  • This bill will help better understand where negotiations break down and how to solve it in the future.

 

HB 283establishing a study committee to review the hearings officer's report with regard to the New Hampshire Local Government Center and to study potential changes to RSA 5-B.

  • This bill was heard on Wednesday by the Senate ED&A committee. The bill is sponsored by Member and Rep Dan Sullivan, and will be necessary informing legislation next session regarding the LGC. Kayla testified on behalf of the bill. We will keep you posted on the next steps.

HB 123: “fireman’s rule”: was heard in the Senate, but has yet to have an executive session. The PFFNH supports what came out of the house

 

SB 152: relative to video lottery and table gaming.

  • The subcommittees met every day this week to study revenue, community impact, and regulations.
  • All 3 subcommittees will report their findings to the full committee on Thursday, May 9th. The full committee is expected to use the following week (5/13-5/17) for work sessions. The joint committee executive session is expected for Tuesday, May 21.
  • Our count shows both the committee vote and final floor vote to be incredibly close, virtually a tie.
  • Have you talked to your state reps about this bill?! What do they think? We want to know!

 

Cancer Awareness Project

  • Secretary/Treasurer McQuillen has been working for the past few weeks on putting together an upcoming story that will air on WMURon May 7th at 11pm.
  • The segment highlights the incredible work we have been doing to bring awareness and education to our members about the increase of cancer in fire fighters.

 

Events

  • On Monday, May 6ththe town of North Hampton is having a select board meeting. At this meeting, Local Government Center Interim Director George Bald will be attending the meeting to discuss the LGC refunds to the town of North Hampton. We need to be there to greet Mr. Bald and show him that we have waited long enough to see changes, and that he must act now. Please join President Lang and 2ndDVP Hutchings, and your members this Monday.  Please join us to picket this event. Six pm at North Hampton Town Hall 237 Atlantic Avenue - North Hampton, NH 03862.  RSVP to Caseyby noon on Monday.

 

Other

  • This is a pension story done by frontline, lays out our argument and backs it up on the gamble of 401k's http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/retirement-gamble/
  • Thank you to those members who attended MDA boot camp on Monday at Mohegan Sun. It was a great event and inspired us all to increase our efforts to “fill the boot” and find a cure
    • (photo attached)

 


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IAFF Local 789
19 Elm St
Nashua, New Hampshire 03060
  603-888-4200

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