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KAMALA HARRIS

Firefighter Rights, Wages, Hours, Pension Security

As California Attorney General, Vice President Harris deflated a 2016 ballot measure aimed at eviscerating public employees' retirements, vested pensions, and retirement benefits by writing a favorable title and summary.

Standing Up For Firefighter Needs

Vice President Harris and President Biden continue to protect and prioritize the well-being of firefighters. That includes protecting our federal brothers and sisters, getting aid to communities in need, and continuing to visit and meet with our members at stations in California.

As California Attorney General, Vice President Harris issued an opinion protecting public agency firefighters and ensuring our members are protected from efforts to privatize.

Health Care, Benefits, Legislative and Budgetary Action

As Vice President, the Biden-Harris administration ended a decades-long battle to protect federal firefighters stricken by job-related cancer with the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act. The bipartisan legislation ensured that federal firefighters receive the same workers’ compensation presumption that currently exists for nearly all state and local professional firefighters.

Wildfire Advocacy

Vice President Harris played a major role in the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which included over $5 billion in aid to firefighters’ efforts to address wildfire risk, reduction, and response.

As U.S. Senator, Vice President Harris worked to protect firefighters and ensure support during and after some of the largest fires in California's history.