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Dave Jamieson at HuffPost:

Donald Trump’s running mate didn’t receive the warmest of welcomes at a firefighters union conference in Boston on Thursday. Ohio Sen. JD Vance could clearly hear the boos when he took the stage in front of the International Association of Fire Fighters, a union both Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are courting for an endorsement. Vance took the tepid reception in stride.

“Sounds like we got some fans and some haters,” he quipped. “That’s okay. ... I’ll make my pitch.” Vance has been described as a new breed of ostensibly pro-labor Republican, but it was clear many of the firefighters in attendance weren’t buying it. Trump was vehemently anti-union throughout his first term, stacking agencies with appointees hostile to labor and trying to break federal employee unions. That record has left Vance with a difficult rebranding assignment. On Thursday, Vance praised firefighters and emergency responders for their service, drawing applause at times. He shared a personal story of calling 911 as a 12-year-old, when his mother was in the middle of what he called a “terrible, terrible addiction crisis,” and credited the first responders for calming her and the children down. He said first responders saved his mother’s life years later.

[...] He also tried to make the case for a “pro-worker” Trump presidency. “President Trump and I are proud to be the most pro-worker Republican ticket in history,” Vance claimed. He insisted Trump “cares for working people.”

“He’s been fighting for them for his entire life in public service,” Vance said. “He loves our firefighters and our first responders, and he wants to make your lives better, and he wants to make your service easier.” As HuffPost cataloged earlier this year, Trump pursued a slew of reforms while president that were meant to help employers at the expense of workers. He tried to put a fast-food CEO in charge of the Labor Department; made it easier for businesses to hide workplace injuries; tried to give restaurants more control over workers’ tips; and made it harder for workers to organize, among many rules and attempted reforms. Harris-Walz campaign spokesperson Sarafina Chitika said in a statement that Vance “tried selling firefighters on the Trump-Vance Project 2025 agenda to undermine workers, gut labor protections, and cut overtime pay – and got hosed.”

Trump VP pick J.D. Vance got rightly booed at the IAFF conference in Boston for pushing anti-union policies while pretending to be pro-workers’ rights. His ticketmate Donald Trump’s term in office on labor union issues had a consistently anti-union record.

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BOOS ERUPT as JD Vance CRASHES AND BURNS on Stage

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Aug 29, 2024

Adam Mockler with MeidasTouch breaks down JD Vance's disastrous speech in front of the same Union (the International Association of Fire Fighters) that Tim Walz spoke to yesterday.

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PLANTARIUM - animated short (2020) from EGoFILM on Vimeo.

Plantarium – animated short (2020)

In a subterranean world, a gardener faces a surreal challenge: pruning the razor-sharp nails of a boy who has sprouted from a pot, while the boundaries of plant and human life blur in an unsettling and accelerating space.

CREDITS: Script & Directing: Tomek Ducki Animation: Tomek Ducki, Weronika Banasińska Editing: Paweł Kamykowski, Tomek Ducki, Katarzyna Zolich Storyboard: Joanna Wójcik Sound: Péter Benjámin Lukács Music: Jean-Marc Petsas Production: EGoFILM Ewelina Gordziejuk Production Management: Małgorzata Badowiec Asystent of Production Manager: Marta Trzmiel Production Cooperation: Justyna Han, Eugeniusz Gordziejuk Co-producers: Łukasz Hendzel, Gábor Osváth–Boddah Riotfilm

FESTIVALS: Animation Grand Prix, Long Story Short Film Festival, Poland, 2022 Golden Unicorn, Alpinale, Austria, 2021 Student Jury Award, KAFF, Hungary, 2021

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The IAFF (International Association of Fire Fighters) invited both JD Vance and Tim Walz to speak to the group that represents 350,000 firefighters. JD - got BOOED - Walz got applause.

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PFAS kill more firefighters than fires do

The International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) estimates cancer from turnout gear accounted for 66% of firefighter deaths from 2002 to 2019.

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IAFF: Dog bites lithium-ion battery, igniting Tulsa home fire

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Rocky View firefighters finally get new contract

Last month, the Mediation Services department of Alberta Jobs, Economy, and Trade published their April 2024 Bargaining Update, which includes details on recently settled collective agreements. One of the agreements was between Local 4794 of the International Association of Fire Fighters and Rocky View County. Local 4794 of IAFF represents about 140 firefighters employed by the county. Their…

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Conference to draw 400-plus firefighters to Hamilton

May 20—For the third time in 100 years, and the first in a generation, the Ohio Association of Professional Firefighters union membership is in Hamilton for its biennial conference. The conference, which kicked off Monday with a golf outing at Twin Run, will see more than 400 people attending and patronizing the establishments around the city. “It’s a big point of pride for us to be able to host,” said Tony Harris, president of the 103-member IAFF Local 20. “It’s real humbling to be able to do that.” While it’s a proud moment to host the OAPFF, Harris said it’s a bigger deal for the city of Hamilton, a city that’s seen an economic and development resurgence for the past dozen or so years. “Our goal is to put on a great time for our attendees, but a bigger piece of that is the economic impact it has in the area,” he said. “People staying in our hotel rooms, people going to our bars and restaurants, people being around town.” Travel Butler County reports this conference is expected to generate an economic impact of more than $380,000 to the region. Travel Butler County President and CEO Tracy Kocher said the selection as a host site reflects “the incredible amenities and attractions in Butler County and strong local partnerships.” On Wednesday, the Butler County Regional Transit Authority will unveil its new StreetSpark design on one of its buses. Jennifer Eickelberger’s 2021 StreetSpark design Charge the Line, which is on the IAFF Local 20 union hall, will be unveiled at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the union hall, 204 N. 3rd Ave. “BCRTA is thrilled to honor our heroes in a truly innovative and dynamic way,” said Shawn Cowan, BCRTA spokesperson. “Showcasing art on our buses through the StreetSpark art program provides a unique opportunity for all community members to experience and appreciate these inspiring artworks firsthand.” The public can see the bus near the RiversEdge Amphitheater later on Wednesday during the firefighter-sponsored Scotty Bratcher concert scheduled for 7 p.m. “The thin red line represents the courage firefighters show on a daily basis,” said Eickelberger, the wife of Hamilton Fire Chief Thomas Eickelberger, of her design. “There are 13 stars to represent the 13 firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty for the Hamilton Fire Department.” Since 2008, the conference has rotated among Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo, and the 2022 conference was hosted in Cleveland. Hamilton had hosted the conference twice, the last time being in 2002, but the time prior was a century ago in the 1920s when the OAPFF was new. Hamilton was one of the first local unions in Ohio. Harris said the door is now open with Hamilton, as well as other small and medium-sized cities outside the big four. “We wouldn’t be able to host it if we didn’t have the facilities,” he said. “If we didn’t have the hotel rooms or the conference center space that Spooky Nook provides, we wouldn’t be able to pull it off. That’s the reason they’re normally held in those big cities. We punch above our weight.” Source link via The Novum Times