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Dec. 11, 2013: An agreement has been reached between the city and the firefighters’ union over an arbitration dispute. The settlement requires the city to give 32 laid-off firefighters back pay and other benefits in two payments, amounting to $764,000. Read more:
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Dec. 10, 2013: A private ambulance service that transported more than a half-million patients a year in six states abruptly shut down without explanation, leaving dozens of cities and towns scrambling for medical transportation options Monday without a word of warning. Read more:
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Dec. 9, 2013: Capital Mortgage Funding, a division of United Shore Financial Services, has been providing our value as a leader in the banking mortgage industry since 1986. We are now one of the largest independently owned mortgage banking firms in the country. As a Michigan based company, we're offering this special opportunity for union families to take advantage of low interest rates. Click here for more information.
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Dec. 6, 2013: Members of Marquette Firefighters Local 643 presents a $2,270 check to Carl Fulsher of The American Cancer Society. Read more:
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Dec. 5, 2013: In a move to strengthen their charitable ties to the community, Canton firefighters this season are debuting a program to buy Christmas gifts for a group of local children from low-income families. Read more:
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Dec. 5, 2013: An agreement for the Wayne-Westland Fire Department to share a chief with Inkster for the balance of the fiscal year - the first step in assessing whether a three-way merger is feasible - has been approved. Read more:
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Dec. 4, 2013: "To be able to get cut deeper with your pensions is something that's impossible to plan for. I mean this was supposed to be a guaranteed benefit," said Flint Firefighters Union Representative, Mark Kovach. Read more:
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First, thank you to the individuals that supported our cause by purchaing a raffle ticket (or tickets) and second, thank you to the MPFFU members, member families and/or friends that sold tickets on our behalf.
There were 1,791 tickets sold!
First prize /$1600 – K.Bo, #2481
Second prize/$1400 – Dearborn Heights Fire Fighters-#485
Third Prize/$1300- B. Karis, #355
Fourth Prize/$200- J. Thorington, #1939
Fifth Prize/$200 – Dearborn Heights Fire Fighters, #496
Sixth Prize/$200 – C. Kenny, #810
Seventh Prize/$200 – A. Pettinger, #2300
Eighth Prize/$200 – J. Leve, #2342
Ninth Prize/$200 – E. Radtke, #981
Tenth Prize/$200 – B. Finn, #1101
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Dec. 2, 2013: SOUTHFIELD — The city has received “nothing but compliments” for the fire department’s handling of a early morning fire Nov. 24 at the seven-story Providence Towers apartment building on Nine Mile Road. Read more:
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