John Wiggins

Neither Steve Huffman, a Mobile Fire-Rescue spokesman, nor John Wiggins, president of the Mobile Firefighters

John Wiggins with Mobile Firefighters Local 1349 said, "When you work under a system for four decades and its done one way and you change it, and it hurts a guy's billfold, then we constitute that as losing a benefit.

John Wiggins with the Mobile Firefighters Association said, "I'm encouraged by what the mayor said about reinstating the merit raises if they're perpetual every year."
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Wiggins said, "A lot of political games are being played here and the city employees are not allowed to even speak."

John Wiggins with the Mobile Firefighters Association said, "We don't want to see a fee attached to a raise, employees should be a cost of doing business, their raises should be budgeted."

The firefighters believe we'll have those things when Bob Riley becomes our next governor," said John Wiggins, a Mobile firefighter and president of his department's union, Local 1349."We trust Bob Riley to make the best decisions for the entire state, for everyone.That's the kind of leadership firefighters and our families have been waiting on for years, and it will arrive with the Riley Administration."

The firefighters and paramedics unions join many other statewide organizations and associations in endorsing Riley's candidacy for Governor of Alabama.The unions represent hundreds of active firefighters and paramedics in Alabama.

The firefighters believe we'll have those things when Bob Riley becomes our next governor," said John Wiggins, a Mobile firefighter and president of his department's union, Local 1349."We trust Bob Riley to make the best decisions for the entire state, for everyone.That's the kind of leadership firefighters and our families have been waiting on for years, and it will arrive with the Riley Administration."

The firefighters and paramedics unions join many other statewide organizations and associations in endorsing Riley's candidacy for Governor of Alabama.The unions represent hundreds of active firefighters and paramedics in Alabama.

Employees have been allowed to work on personal projects at the fire stations if their city work was completed, but there wasn't a written policy on the issue, according to John Wiggins, president of the Mobile Firefighters Association.

-- John Wiggins, PresidentMobile Firefighters Local #1349