Resolution #16

Union Education Assistance Pilot Program

WHEREAS:  The Michigan Professional Fire Fighters Union (MPFFU) is committed to ensuring equitable access to union resources, training, and participation opportunities for all affiliated locals; and

WHEREAS:  The MPFFU believes that local union leadership benefits from attending educational seminars and district meetings, and that such participation strengthens leadership capacity, enhances organizational effectiveness, and promotes informed representation of the membership, and

WHEREAS:  Some locals may face financial barriers that limit or suppress their ability to participate in MPFFU seminars and district meetings; therefore be it

RESOLVED:	 that the delegates to the 2026 MPFFU 56th Biennial Convention hereby establish a Union Education Financial Assistance Program to benefit all locals; and be it further

RESOLVED:	 that all MPFFU Local Presidents or their designee shall have one member’s registration fee waived to attend MPFFU educational seminars and district meetings regardless of membership size; and be it further

RESOLVED:	that, in addition to the waiver of registration fees, Locals with twenty-five (25) members or less with a round-trip travel distance of 200 miles or greater shall also receive the IRS approved mileage reimbursement rate for one attendee per event, from their home Local address to the event address; and be it further,

RESOLVED: that this Union Education Financial Assistance Pilot Program shall be funded through the reserves of the MPFFU General Fund and shall not result in any additional per capita tax increase to the membership, and be it finally resolved,

RESOLVED: that this pilot program shall expire upon adjournment of the 2028 MPFFU 57th Biennial Convention unless extended by a vote of the delegates.

Submitted by: Scott Stoker, Local 1306, Greg Weisbarth 1st/3rd District VP, Justin Fox Northern Trustee

Cost Factor:  none as written

Committee Assigned to: Resolutions Committee 

Committee Recommendation: Adopt as amended

Convention Action: