Jefferson Fire Fighters Association

"See through the smoke"

News

Monday January 12, 2009

The Gambit reports that the parish proposal to cut firefighter pay "smells of pay back".

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http://bestofneworleans.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A49139

Wednesday January 7, 2009

The Jefferson Firefighters Association released three commercials in our ongoing campaign to inform the public about the issues related to the mismanagement of the fire department.

Click the links below to view our 3 commercials.

Jefferson Firefighters Commercial 1

Jefferson Firefighters Commercial 2

Jefferson Firefighters Commercial 3

Saturday December 13, 2008

Parish President Aaron Broussard takes a common sense approach to negotiate with firefighters

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http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/eastjefferson/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1229149291125180.xml&coll=1

Thursday December 11, 2008

The Times-Picayune reported that Parish President Aaron Broussard verified firefighters' claims that overtime cuts are not necessary to keep the fire department well funded. This statement contradicts statements made by Broussard's staff. This article also contradicts statements that were made by the contracted parish attorney, Mickey Landry on firefighters' average annual pay dispelling rumors of a 70,000 a year average pay for firefighters.

Click the link below for the full article.

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/eastjefferson/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1228976548231400.xml&coll=1

Friday November 28, 2008

Firefighters stage rally in the rain while Parish President Broussard and the Council through their attorney attempt to mislead the public. Parish administration through their attorney falsely claim firefighters are not working the overtime hours they are paid for which would be payroll fraud and illegal.

Click the link below to watch the WDSU news video.

Firefighters Rally while Parish administrators mislead the public.