Firefighting program at NETC escapes budget ax
The 1987 FEMA appropriation preserves the U S Fire Administration and funds the National Fire Academy,Emergency Management Institute and travel stipends at NETC Emmitsburg. Congress boosted NETC funding, rejecting Reagan cuts and shifting some costs to state and local levels. FEMA overall totals $576 million, a $107 million rise, with specific increases for training and stipends.
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National Emergency Training Center
NETC
Emmitsburg
U.S. Fire Administration
National Fire Academy
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Congress
Frederick News-Post
Emergency Management Institute
Senate
Jake Garn
Utah
Julius W. Becton Jr
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Collective bargaining talks begin for Montgomery County workers
Negotiations are expected to start soon on the first collective bargaining contract for county government workers in Montgomery County. Local 400 of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union represents about 3,600 workers and will draft proposals. Excludes ~2,000 workers such as department heads and probationary staff. The move mirrors long standing bargaining by teachers and police. Maryland public employees lack binding arbitration rights. Local 400 covers grocery and department store workers plus some health care and insurance staff in the Washington area. The drive may take years and could ignite tensions with other unions.
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Rockville
Montgomery County Employer Association Local 400
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Lune
Local 400
Maryland
Washington
Maryland Classified Employes Association
American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees
Hood College hosts town meeting on Nicaragua issue
About 45 people attended a Hood College town meeting on October 19 to debate Nicaragua. Rev. William Callahan, Quixote Center co founder, spoke on his visits to Nicaragua and the Quest for Peace charity program matching dollars to U S Contra aid. He noted Nicaragua’s church freedom compared with Somoza era and described humanitarian aid aims amid discussion and fellowship.
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Nicaragua
Somoza
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