Only individuals at the level of General Secretary-Treasurer have access to those types of records, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the union’s expense reporting system. https://t.co/exYOqesf7u, Our thoughts and prayers go out to the @WorcesterFD and the family of Lt. Jason Menard. Military hero,” Major Matt Golsteyn, who is charged with murder. Auditors found a secret pension enhancement created in 2006 known as Amendment 6. Who would hold party elites accountable to the values they proclaim to have? last week, Kelly has expressed interest in the role, according to an IAFF leader from the Midwest and other union members. He loved his family more than anything in the world. Each counsel concluded that Schaitberger, given his monthly rates, improperly collected $878,060 in retirement benefits until sometime in 2016. This enhancement, moreover, was made retroactive to 2002, just two years after he became general president. “We will send off Jason as he deserved and as he earned.”. [2], General President of the International Association of Firefighters, International Association of Firefighters, "Harold Schaitberger Re-Elected General President of IAFF", "Homeland Security Adnisory Council Members", Harold A. Schaitberger-General President-International Association of Fire Fighters, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harold_A._Schaitberger&oldid=981407224, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 2 October 2020, at 03:33. First, top contenders like Warren or Buttigieg whose support might be anchored in more liberal cities and suburbs would get no practical benefit from first-ballot votes in more rural precincts where they fall short of 15 per cent. We don’t have ads, so we depend on our members — 35,000 and counting — to help us hold the powerful to account. In recent weeks, after Alma Bowman became a key witness for medical misconduct at an immigration jail, ICE moved to deport her. When they do, they will continue to expose their own agenda and further harm this IAFF.”, A second executive board committee report, which was distributed internally to IAFF leaders last week, blasted Kelly for secretly hiring the “antiunion, anti-employee” law firm Nelson Mullins in January to investigate the union’s finances. Nine Worcester firefighters have died in the line of duty since 1999. Harold Schaitberger, the firefighters´ national union president, compared the dynamics to 2004, another primary fight when Democrats were desperate to oust a Republican president. This is courting disaster. While investigators did not find enough evidence to bring criminal charges, in an internal Army memo previously reported by The Intercept, Golsteyn was reprimanded for a “complete lack of judgement and responsibility” and told he had “discredited” himself and the U.S military. Menard was a nine-year veteran of the Worcester Fire Department, said Rich MacKinnon Jr., president of the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts, in a brief letter to members that the labor group posted to Twitter on Wednesday. Harold A. Schaitberger is the ninth president in the IAFF's 100-year history, and was the first to have been elected by acclamation in 2000. Bobbie Moore, a party volunteer and Biden supporters who came to see him Saturday, stopped short of criticizing the campaign. As she flung her arm in his direction to make a point, Biden dodged the wave. 'I promise you, I promise you', Biden told a few hundred supporters outside his campaign office in Council Bluff, 'we´re going to win this race, and we´re going to beat Donald Trump, and we´re going to change America'. Harold Schaitberger, president of the International Association of Fire Fighters, speaks during the IAFF’s Legislative Conference General Session at the Hyatt Regency on … In a message to union members, he wrote: “In recent weeks, our union, your Executive Board and I as your General President, have been hit with new, reckless and destructive attacks designed to rip at the fabric of what we have built. The presidential hopeful was appearing at the start of his eight-day 'No Malarkey' bus tour of Iowa on Saturday. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink To Be Biden’s Treasury Secretary Fresh Off China Partnership? (John 15:13)’ God bless you and keep you in the palm of his hand.”. In 1970, he was elected as the first president of the local affiliate of the IAFF in Fairfax County, Virginia. That’s all it takes to support the journalism you rely on. Worcester firefighter leaves behind wife and three children; had planned trip to Disney By Travis Andersen , Steve Annear and Hanna Krueger Globe Staff, November 13, 2019, 9:26 a.m. Email to … Kelly’s chief of operations, Matt Golsteyn, was pardoned for war crimes by Trump in November 2019 and campaigned with him at a Republican Party fundraiser a month later. Jeffries, of the Professional Fire Fighters of Arizona, told The Intercept that he and many of his colleagues were not just concerned by the specifics of the accusations, which he said “seem to be blatantly false” — but the timing of them. Kelly used his personal email account to hire the law firm, without knowledge or approval from others on the union executive board. Second, several of the lower-tier candidates running as moderates - Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, for example - could fall short of viability across much of the state. For minority outreach, the campaign recently hired state Representative Ras Smith, a member of the Iowa Legislature´s Black Caucus, and it has more than a dozen bilingual organizers, including deputy political director Claudia Chavez, focusing on Latino voters. Lt. Menard died in the line of duty early this morning. That was a bitter pill for him to swallow, but he’s up for another fight. “He’s the greatest guy, the nicest guy. 'As people get closer and closer to February, they become more and more practical about this', Vilsack said ahead of Biden´s trip. Cui bono? “LOVE this picture of my firefighter son SO much!! Prior to Schaitberger's first election as IAFF General President, he had served on the union's headquarters staff as a top advisor to three IAFF Presidents since 1976, and as President of the Virginia Professional Firefighters union since 1973. The launch of a federal investigation followed a written request sent to the FBI by Lamar, who wrote that the union’s leadership “have engaged in an ongoing pattern of defrauding the members while enriching themselves.”, On Tuesday, the day after The Intercept asked Lamar what he makes of those who say his blog posts in support of Kelly’s accusations may be politically driven, Lamar published a new post distancing himself from Kelly, blasting the General Secretary-Treasurer for submitting a $43,000 expense voucher that was late and without proper documentation. Things heated up earlier this year when Kelly accused Schaitberger of financial impropriety. Schaitberger is up for reelection in January and is currently running unopposed, though Kelly is long rumored to want his job, according to members of the union. “The brutal cold has once again exacted a cruel toll on the brave men and women of the Worcester Fire Department while they protect the city and it’s residents,” Murray wrote. It comes as Biden is fighting Trump for votes among elderly and white working-class voters, where the firefighters union is a key validator, so much so that Trump has worked hard to undermine the value of the endorsement. EXCLUSIVE: BBC stars Emma Rigby and Sid Owen are accused of flouting Covid rules as they join bankers and... Scientists develop a 'nanoparticle' COVID-19 vaccine that could trigger a 10-times stronger immune response... Coronavirus mutation that has become the dominant strain worldwide may be MORE contagious than the original... Is Justin Welby losing faith with lockdown? Harold Schaitberger, the firefighters´ national union president, compared the dynamics to 2004, another primary fight when Democrats were desperate to oust a Republican president. His tour bus - which will cover 800 miles in Iowa - had the words 'No Malarkey' emblazoned across the side. Last year, Menard and his spouse had a touching, humorous exchange on Facebook after he posted a photo from his promotion ceremony that depicted the couple and their son as Menard’s badge was pinned to his uniform. “Keep the WFD and Menard family in your prayers.”. @PeteHegseth @FoxNews. The Intercept is a First Look Media Company. The IAFF has pointed to legal counsel it received at the time of Schaitberger’s transition, and maintains they have done nothing wrong. As IAFF president, he created the union’s political action committee, FIREPAC, which in dollar terms now ranks in the top 0.5 percent of all federal PACs. The allegations sparked the internal probes, which were led by board-level committees. Menard’s actions last night – first leading his crew of Ladder 5 into an inferno to search for a baby and then courageously rescuing one fire fighter and continuing to rescue a second trapped fire fighter – are the most heroic I’ve heard in my 25 years of firefighting.”, Jay Colbert, third district vice president of the IAFF, called Menard a “young, vibrant leader” and said his death is “a monumental tragedy, not just for his family but for the family of fire fighters in Worcester and across New England and the nation. ahead of what is often described as the most important presidential election in generations. The position is the second most powerful in the union, behind the presidency, which has been held for the last two decades by 74-year-old Harold Schaitberger, a close ally of Joe Biden. “[W]ell we had a couple of close calls during practice,” Tina Menard wrote. Thanks to this revision, Schaitberger was eligible to collect a generous pension on top of his salary, the latter of which is now about $330,000 a year plus expenses.
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