POLITICAL ACTION

 

Fire Fighters in support of Sharon Blady and the Manitoba NDP

Sharon Blady and Theresa Oswald speak to UFFW Members at the September General Membership Meeting

THE SENATE

STANDING COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS

22 August 2011

Mr Alex Forrest

President

United Fire Fighters of Winnipeg

303-83 Garry Street

Winnipeg, MB, R3C 4J9 Canada  

Dear Mr Forrest

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Fair Protection for Firefighters) Bill 2011

On behalf of the committee I would like to thank you for your assistance with this inquiry. A copy of the proof Hansard transcript of evidence for the Committee's hearing in Melbourne on Tuesday, 9 August, 2011, is now available at the following website;

http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/senate/commttee/s214.pdf

If you consider corrections to the transcript are needed, please mark them in red on a hard copy and return that copy to me by 5pm, 2 September 2011. Corrections received after this date will not be accepted.  Please do not use track changes.

Corrections should be restricted to typographical and transcription errors. Suggested changes which alter the sense of the evidence or which are designed to improve style are not permitted. Should you wish to vary what you said to the Committee or provide additional information, this can be done by letter or supplementary submission.

Please note that corrections suggested by a witness may not necessarily be accepted by the Committee and that the Committee may also make its own corrections.

If you do not wish to make any corrections, there is no need to respond to this letter. The Official Hansard Report will then be prepared and printed, and no further alterations will be possible.

Yours sincerely

Tim Watling

Inquiry Secretary

Fire Fighter Endorsements Since 2006

Summary

This shows the involvement of UFFW in Municipal, Provincial and Federal Politics.

We are non-partisan, as we support those who support public safety, regardless of what political parties they are connected to.

We have supported sixty-six (66) candidates and we have been successful in sixty-seven (57) campaigns, assisting them in being elected in their respective races.

President’s Report

by

Alex Forrest, President, Chair Political Action Committee

Politics affects every aspect of our job.  It is everything to our profession and therefore we want to report to the membership on the work we have done over the last three years.    

It is important for all members to know who our political friends are, especially our many new members.  If you see any of these people, our political friends, at a public function please introduce yourself and shake his or her hand.

We are a very successful organization especially where our political action work is concerned and this success has allowed us to gain important legislation for our health and safety.  It has also helped us in our quest to attain appropriate wages and benefits for the work we do.  

This report will outline some of our successes.  We take on hard battles and we don’t win all of them, but we do win a lot of them.  

The following report shows the candidates we have supported in political races since 2006.   We support those who support us no matter what their political leanings and so we support politicians from all political parties.  However, we would not be as successful as we are without the dozens of volunteers who help us with our political campaigns and so above all we thank you, the members, for your support.

Politics is not for everyone and we understand that, but it is important for all members to understand why we are so political.   

Summary of the Political Candidates UFFW has supported since 2006 in Federal, Provincial and Municipal Elections and Bi-elections

Number of candidates supported by UFFW                                         48

Number of successful candidates supported by UFFW                         41

Number of unsuccessful candidates supported by UFFW                       7

Number of NDP candidates supported by UFFW                                34

Number of Conservative candidates supported by UFFW                    11

Number of liberal candidates supported by UFFW                                 3

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