“It’s a wildly risky move to invite your firefighter workforce to leave in February, a few weeks before you expect fire season to ramp up,” said Rob Arnold, a union representative with NFFE.

And they’ve got a hiring freeze on that doesn’t allow us to fill vacancies,” said Rob Arnold, a staff member with the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) on Thursday, Feb. 13.

I am Eric Antrim, a proud member and the elected Recording Secretary for National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) Local 251. The Forest Service Alaska Region has nearly 500 bargaining unit ...