Mayors: Firefighters hail from at least 6 locals, rep says
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Standing amid about 100 firefighters on Sabin Street across from the Rhode Island Convention Center, the staff representative for the Rhode Island State Association of Fire Fighters said the picketing firefighters at 10 a.m. already hail from Providence, Johnston, East Providence, Warwick, Cranston and Pawtucket. "I assume in a short period of time, we'll have representatives from every local in the state," said Joseph A. Andriole, who is also the union president of Johnston Local 1950, the department from which he recently retired. In addition to representatives of all 33 Rhode Island fire locals, Andriole said he expects firefighters from around New England at the protest against the U.S. Conference of Mayors. When asked why the firefighters arrived around 9 a.m., an hour after the conference began, Andriole said he thinks it was as strategic move to be outside the conference during business hours, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Keep up with reports on the mayors' conference via projo.com's 7to7 news blog. 
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NO ONE CARES. THEY ARE MONEY HUNGRY PIGS ROBBING OUR CITY! OUT OF 500 PROVIDENCE FIREFIGHTERS, ONLY 55 OF THEM LIVE IN THE CITY. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU AND I, ONLY ABOUT THEMSELVES.
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