Happy Thanksgiving to all Local 1014 Members While it seems that most folks and society as a whole are moving towards simply skipping Thanksgiving, we want to remind our members to do just the opposite and fight to celebrate Thanksgiving and the spirit in which we should celebrate.

"Recruit 31", Jesus Ontiveros
Loses his battle to fight cancer

It is with deep sadness I inform the brother and sisters of our great local that we have lost one of our newest members, "Recruit 31", class 138, lost his hard fought battle with cancer.

"I was able to spend time recently with Jesus and his young family. He was going to beat cancer; he was so excited to be a member of 1014 and member of our department".

Unfortunately, as we have seen to often, this horrible disease took another member of our department.

Our hearts and prayers go out to Jesus's wife and unborn child. 1014 is committed to working with Chief Osby and our department to make sure Jesus is laid to rest with honor and to make sure we are there for his young family during their time of mourning.

The Department Memorial Management team has begun to work with Jesus's family to plan his services and when we have complete details we will get the information out to our membership.

Please keep Jesus, his wife and child in your thoughts and prayers.

On behalf of your 1014 Executive Board,

Dave Gillotte, President

Service information:

A viewing will be held on Monday, November 25, 2013, beginning at 7:00 p.m., and a Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, November 26, 2013, beginning at 11:00 a.m. at:

Holy Name of Mary Catholic Parish
724 E. Bonita Avenue
San Dimas, CA 92733

Interment will immediately follow at:

Rose Hills Memorial Park
3888 S. Workman Mill Road
Whittier, CA 90601

A celebration of life reception will be held on Tuesday, November 26, 2013, beginning at 5:00 p.m. at:

Monterey Palace Restaurant
1001 E. Garvey Avenue
Monterey Park, CA 91754

"Recruit 31" - "BROTHERHOOD" - "WE SHALL NEVER FORGET"

Go here for a recent post about Jesus and his fellow class 138 LACFD Recruits

Check iafflocal1014.org or local1014.org for details

LOCAL 1014 LOSES A GREAT LABOR LEADER

HERB SCHISLER

August 9, 1923 - November 1, 2013

Hired LA Co FD December 4, 1953

Retired LA Co FD March 31, 1983

Served on Local 1014 and Health Insurance Trust for nearly 2 Decades

It is with great Pride and Admiration, not sadness I write to you today to bring you the news of the passing of one of the great Local 1014 Labor Leaders that I hope all of the membership takes pause to give not only a moment of silence and respect for, but also a moment of reflection as to what you have today that this man fought for.

Herb Schisler died like he served the public and the Union, on his terms and of natural causes after a very full life. He will be joining his wife Constance in Heaven above and leaves behind his Children Lisa Drew and Camela Sutton and Thurman Schisler.

Herb Schisler served valiantly not only as a great firefighter for LA County Fire, but also as a Local 1014 Labor Leader and Health Trust Pioneer when times were tough and there was no path to follow, only one to blaze…during the Al Whitehead Years.

Accomplishing much as a Union Board Member he also served as an Insurance Committee Member, and at a time when our Health Insurance; established in the late 50’s and early 60’s was facing increasing premiums from the carriers with no end in sight. Herb Schisler approached Al Whitehead and said, “Screw those carriers, we should self-insure and fund it ourselves, we’ve got 300,000 grand in a trust”. Al Whitehead said “Are you out of your mind? 300,000 to cover all claims, if it fails they will throw us all out of office”. Herb replied, “We’ve got good legal advice we can do it, and besides I’ll back it up with my own credit card if necessary”. Whitehead took a breath and moved it forward with Herb’s guidance and as they say, the rest is history.

We wouldn’t have our self-funded Los Angeles County Fire Fighters Health and Welfare Trust with all of the premium benefits we have today if it were not for a man by the name of Herb Schisler. Think about that a moment.

Herb also served on the LA Federation of Labor COPE Political Board for County and State Endorsements and walked in as a Republican and challenged working with only one side of the aisle, but rather we should work with both sides of the aisle, both positively and negatively based on the issues. They saw his wisdom in that good Republicans that garnered our support would work hard for Labor when and where they could, and bad Republicans who did not support working class folks, with a COPE endorsement would be thrown out of office, so we had a tool that worked both ways! Brilliant! Another Schislerism.

He was honored as part of the founding fathers of the San Gabriel Valley COPE by United States Congresswoman Hilda Solis in a resolution that named Dallas Jones and Herb Schisler specifically for their efforts.

Herb also served last under me. Imagine that spread of years… Whitehead to Gillotte, with everything from establishing the Health Trust, to working to preserve it with national healthcare and other such issues to contend with. What a great. I brought Herb into my office when we needed to move to a true plan administrator with real world education and experience to deal with the new wave of administration complexities of claims processing and evolving health systems world, and jointly we worked on how to transition the Trust. I walked him into my office, bought him a cup of coffee and said to him in the old school way, “Herbie, you’re fired”. He laughed and smiled as so many knew that smile and said, “Young feller (as he often called me), you know how long I have waited for someone with the balls to do that?” We laughed and got to work on the transition to the future, and he went off to care for his wife and kids and grandkids in a well-deserved way with a smile from ear to ear.

“WE SHALL NEVER FORGET” - HERB SCHISLER

We will forever be greatful for all he has done to better the lives of every member of 1014 both past and present.

On behalf of the entire Executive Board,

Dave Gillotte

President Local 1014

MEMORIAL SERVICES:

Friday, November 15th @ 1:00 PM

Vineyard Community Church

2801 N. Towne Avenue
Pomona, 91767

In lieu of flowers for Herb, donations can be sent to Local 1014 "Los Angeles County Firefighters Foundation".  This foundation has been established to assit our widows and orphans in their time of need.  Cards can be sent to Local 1014 as well and they will be deliverd to his surviving family members.

Los Angeles County Fire Fighters Local 1014
3460 Fletcher Ave
El Monte, CA 91731

Check iafflocal1014.org or local1014.org for details

Your Local 1014 Executive Board has remained very busy and engaged on numerous fronts. We just finished an extremely productive offsite meeting with the Fire Chief and his top staff to get moving on a number of projects that will ultimately help our working conditions and improve our work quality and stabilize funding.

Local 1014 November 5, 2013 Political Action Success! It was another busy but very successful City election cycle for Local 1014. Twenty two (22) of twenty five (25) candidates that we endorsed were successful in their bid for public office.

Untitled Document HAPPY VETERANS DAY ! Please take time to pause and remember the Veterans who have so bravely served our Country to protect the freedom and liberty we enjoy. With all the bad and the good things, the partisanship politics we currently see, the highs and the lows we have been through we are undoubtedly the BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.

It is with the deepest regret and sadness that we announce the Death of John Vincent, Health Hazardous Materials Specialist III, passed away due to complications from Lukemia on Wednesday, October 30, 2013, at the age of 46.  John Vincent faithfully served our Department for 7 years.

It is with the deepest regret and sadness that we announce the death of John Vincent, Health Hazardous Materials Specialist III.  John passed away due to complications from Lukemia on Wednesday, October 30, 2013, at the age of 46.  John Vincent has been a loyal member of Local 1014 and the LA County FD for 7 years.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, together with Local 1014 President Dave Gillotte and Fire Chief Daryl Osby pass along our deepest condolences and sympathy to the entire Vincent Family during this incredibly difficult time.

John is survived by his Mother, Father and Sister. Please keep John's family as well as his fire family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time for them.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 23, 2013, beginning at 12:30 p.m. at:

Saint James Catholic Church
 415 Vincent Street
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
(310) 372-5228

Cards and letters are welcome and can be sent to:

The Vincent Family
2106 Vanderbilt Lane, Unit C
Redondo Beach, CA 90278

It is with the deepest regret and sadness that we announce the Death of Fire Fighter Specialist Shawn Bayer, Los Angeles County Fire Station 8, "C" platoon, Battalion 1. Fire Fighter Specialist Bayer passed in the late evening of Saturday November 2, 2013 after battling an aggressive form of job related cancer.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, together with Local 1014 President Dave Gillotte and Fire Chief Daryl Osby pass along our deepest condolences and sympathy to the entire Bayer Family during this incredibly difficult time.

"Fire Fighter Specialist Shawn Bayer, our Brother, fought cancer as valiantly and courageously as any firefighter laying his life down for others. In fact that is exactly what he has done. We shall never forget.” – President Dave Gillotte

Firefighter Specialist Bayer leaves behind his loving Mother and Brother who have been there by his side supporting him everyday.

Service details to follow. We ask that you keep Shawn, his Mother, Brother and fire family in your thoughts and prayers.