To all of our non career firefighter readers, the IAFF is the International Association of Firefighters, or "the union".
What has always made me angry is our union's insistence on political activism. It makes us a "Special Interest Group", which, as we all know, is the very force of erosion of our constitutional freedoms.
The power is in your vote, not your lobby, whatever it may be. You may not always agree with your lobby when they take a stand on an issue, and that undermines your vote.
Recently, I found a link on our "Union's" website allowing members to remove ourselves from "Activists" list for certain politicians.
Thank you IAFF for allowing us this freedom.
Our Union Boss will still be seen standing behind candidates as they stump with empty promises, and he or she will represent some of us unwillingly as members, but at least none of our "Brothers" has to be an "Activists" against their will.
I am proud, as is Pete, to be IAFF members. We are super-proud of them for this step in the direction of freedom.
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