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Libertyville Local 3892

 

The Libertyville Professional Firefighters Association Local 3892, a member of the International Association of Firefighters (“IAFF”) and the Association of the Firefighters of Illinois (“AFFI”) are comprised of 25 sworn, full-time qualified and certificated firefighter and Lieutenants  employed by the Village of Libertyville.  The firefighters submitted an official request to the Illinois Labor Relations Board (ILRB) to form a Union.  On January 18th, 1999, the firefighters voted with the ILRB and were officially recognized as a Collective Bargaining Unit with the state of Illinois and became IAFF Local 3892. Once the members had officially formed Local 3892, the Union engaged in very contentious negotiations with the Village of Libertyville for their first contract.  After several years of failed negotiations and many months of arbitration, the members of Local 3892 ratified their first contract in 2001.  The Lieutenant’s submitted a majority interest petition to join IAFF Local 3892 in February, 2008.  In September, 2008, the Lieutenant’s voted in favor of joining Local 3892 after being recognized as eligible to join by the ILRB.  The Union is currently working under their third contract which expires on April 30, 2012.

 

The Union was formed due to the concerns of the members for both there own benefit and for the benefit of the citizens of Libertyville.  The purpose of Local 3892 and all other IAFF Unions is to protect membership as well as the public.  The Union protects its members by ensuring equal wages and benefits, providing a safe work environment, providing fair representation, and having the ability to voice our concerns about department issues.  In turn, the public is also protected by having the Union fight to improve the level of service to the public.  One example is to ensure that only full-time qualified certificated personnel are staffing the fire stations.  Certificated qualified personnel has been identified by municipal code 65 ILCS § 10-2.1-4 as those persons who hold certificates of appointment to the fire department from a valid register of eligible’s established by the Libertyville Fire and Police Commissioners.  Senate Bill 834, which was derived from an arbitration decision awarded to Local 3892, ensures that the full-time certificated personnel shall not be substituted permanently or temporarily with non-sworn unqualified personnel.  Currently, the Union has negotiated to have the Village of Libertyville phase out the use of all contract workers over the next few years.  This shall ensure the department is staffed with all full-time sworn certificated firefighter paramedics.