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WSCFF Locals Provide Critical Information on COVID-19 Quarantine

Jeff Wainwright, WSCFF 2nd District Representative and Chair of the WSCFF Wildland Committee, represents the WSCFF at the Washington State Fire Defense Committee (FDC). Here, he reports on the birth of the COVID-19 Quarantine Report.

WSCFF President Dennis Lawson Calls on “Freedom” Foundation to Stop Harassing Fire Fighters

On Friday, WSCFF President Dennis Lawson called on State Policy Network President Tracie Sharp and the "Freedom" Foundation to stop harrassing fire fighters at their homes.

Legislature Takes Strongest Stand Yet to Phase out PFAS in Firefighting Foam

Washington State Senate today overwhelmingly approved a bill that closes several major gaps in the state’s effort to phase out toxic PFAS chemicals in firefighting foam.

WSCFF Members Support Striking Swedish Healthcare Workers

Union fire fighters turned out in force on Wednesday, January 29, to march and rally with striking nurses and health care workers in Seattle.

Remembering Union Leader Ken Strong

Remembering retired Spokane fire fighter, union leader, mentor, advocate, friend Ken Strong.

WSCFF To Form Retiree Association

WSCFF President Dennis Lawson announces the IAFF has approved changes to by-laws enabling the Council to go create a retiree association.

IAFF Trains Washington Fire Fighters to Face Emerging Threat

The IAFF, in partnership with Eastside Fire & Rescue and the South King Fire Training Consortium, offered new training designed to help fire fighters safely defend homes and suppress fires in Wildland Urban Interface areas.

Washington State Labor Council Recognizes Theresa Purtell for Labor Leadership

Washington State Council of Fire Fighters (WSCFF) 11th District Representative and retired IAFF Local 27 Seattle fire fighter Theresa Purtell was presented with the Elsie Schrader award for women’s leadership at the 2019 Washington State Labor Council (WSLC) convention in July.

Washington’s Union Firefighters Practice Democracy in Action at Annual Convention

Three hundred and three delegates and alternates representing 8,567 union firefighters gathered in Kennewick in June at the 79th annual Convention of the Washington State Council of Fire Fighters (WSCFF). These union representatives, democratically selected by the members of their International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) affiliates, met to review the WSCFF’s finances, adopt...

Firefighters Stand with Labor in Fight for Worker Freedom

For more than 40 years, federal law has provided public employees the freedom to join together in a union to negotiate for fair wages, decent benefits, and safe working conditions. Today, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned more than four decades of precedent by making fair share fees for public sector employees...