Rank-and-file members of the Uniformed Firefighters Association have rejected a dues increase by a vote of 2,779 to 2,034, according to Gerard Fitzgerald, the UFA president.
Under the proposal, the dues would have gone from $29.10 to $38.15 every two weeks. Currently, $23.85 goes to the UFA, with $3.25 earmarked for the Washington, D.C.-based International Association of Firefighters and $2 going for the UFA’s scholarship fund.
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