Tag Archives: Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

The three year battle between the Greater Chambersburg Area Paid Fire Fighters IAFF Local 1813 and the Borough of Chambersburg has finally been resolved with word of an agreement that reinstates a wrongfully terminated firefighter/union vice-president and settles numerous pending civil actions, unfair labor practice charges, grievances and appeals.

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A hearing examiner for the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board has concluded that part-time firefighters for the Borough of Emmaus are not volunteers and eligible to organize. The ruling by Hearing Examiner John Pozniak allows full and part-time firefighters up to ...

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Today’s burning question: Me and my buddies are volunteer firefighters… sort of. We get paid a stipend for volunteering. I suppose that makes us paid volunteers if there is such a thing. So anyway, we want to form a union ...

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The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board has issued its final ruling in the unfair labor practice case between Chambersburg Borough and IAFF Local 1813. The case arose back in 2011 when the Borough threatened to lay off career firefighters (IAFF 1813 ...

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