NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF FIREMEN & OILERS 32BJ SEIU HOME ABOUT US MEMBER RESOURCES LINKS NEWS Family Issues Since the founding of our union the officers and members of NCFO have accomplished a great deal through the collective bargaining process to improve the lives of NCFO working families. Additionally, NCFO has historically worked side by side with other unions in the legislative arena to get laws enacted that help working families (union and nonunion) throughout our society. For example, Social Security, Family and Medical Leave, Fair Labor Standards, Medicare, unemployment compensation and Occupational Safety and Health are but a few of the laws and programs that have made a crucial difference in the lives of working Americans. Most historians agree that a preponderance of these “family friendly” laws and programs exist throughout the United States today only as a result of the collective effort of labor unions such as NCFO and the working families they represent. Today there are crucial national issues effecting not only NCFO families but all working people throughout the United States. None of these issues will be adequately and fairly addressed without the active involvement of working families. Together we must prod lawmakers to stand up for working family positions. We must also work to elect officials who will represent working families rather than union busting, wealthy families. Among these key issues: FAIR TAXATION The share of taxes paid by corporate America and the most economically comfortable in our nation keeps declining, leaving more of the burden on working families and creating funding problems for important government services. For more information see: Citizens for Tax Justice at www.ctj.org HEALTH CARE It won’t be too long before the cost of health insurance for a family of four under a union contract will be more than what a minimum wage worker earns in a year. Potential wage increases are often eaten up by insurance costs in contract negotiation. Meanwhile, almost 40 million Americans have no health coverage. Prescription drug prices are going through the roof and Medicare has become inadequate for seniors. For more information see: www.familiesusa.org FAIR TRADE In the globalized economy, transnational corporations push international trade pacts in the name of “free trade.” But most of the agreements are geared only to feed the greed of these corporations who destroy good jobs in the United States while exploiting workers in other nations. These international corporate barons wreak economic havoc and environmental destruction as they go. For more information see: www.epi.org SOCIAL SECURITY Will the guaranteed retirement benefits of Social Security, America’s most successful anti-poverty program, be there for future generations of American seniors or will each American have to gamble in the stock market while investment and insurance companies make billions in profits. For more information see: www.aflcio.org/socialsecurity AMTRAK There is no adequate passenger rail service anywhere in the world that exists without considerable public subsidies. Yet privatization zealots in the U.S. want to break up or destroy major segments of Amtrak. Privatizing Amtrak would diminish, and in some areas eliminate, passenger rail service for millions of Americans. For more information see: www.ttd.org Search for: FACEBOOK FEED 2 days ago HAPPY HANUKKAH TO ALL! 11/28/21 (sunset) - 12/6/21 (nightfall) Hanukkah (also spelled Chanukah) is one of the most important holidays in the Jewish faith. It is an eight-day celebration of a miracle ... See more 2 View on facebook 4 days ago 0 View on facebook 1 week ago COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES AND UNEMPLOYMENT AND SICKNESS BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT (RUIA) https://rrb.gov/Benefits/COVID19VaccineMandates The RUIA provides for payment of ... See more 3 View on facebook is in Falls Church, Virginia. 1 week ago #HappyThanksgiving to all NCFO Members, staff, associates, and their families. We are very thankful for those members employed in all divisions providing service through the holiday and will not be ... See more 1 View on facebook Load More... WANT TO JOIN THE NCFO? If you are interested in becoming part of the NCFO, send us an email and we will have a representative contact you. Your Name Phone Number Your Email Address * Send Contact Us Name * First Last Email * Message Send Copyright 2021, NCFO, all rights reserved.