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Is SPFPA Region 3 VP Ryan Kelly a Nazi Party Sympathizer? Check out his SWASTIKA Twitter Post?
On a Twitter post by SPFPA Region 3 Vice President Ryan Kelly, and an Executive Board member of the International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA), Kelly clearly shows his discontent for the 2020 presidential election citing:
"The 2020 U.S. General Election is Illegitimate" followed with a SWASTIKA on the Twitter Logo dated Jan 8th.

Eyes on SPFPA
Apr 125 min read


Statement of FACTS that SPFPA Pres David L. Hickey Cannot Deny
STATEMENT OF FACTS SPFPA President David L. Hickey CANNOT DENY!
International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA). is a labor organization based in Roseville, Michigan that represents protective security officers at federal workplaces. Pursuant to that representation, SPFPA executed collective bargaining agreements with several employers covering the security industry in several states.

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Mar 319 min read


It is Time for a Leadership Transition at SPFPA.
It is time for a leadership transition at SPFPA.
David L. Hickey has led this union for decades, but tenure alone cannot justify the decisions that have put millions of dollars in member dues at risk. According to the Department of Labor Records filed by SPFPA, since 2017, SPFPA Hickey has spent more than $3,000,000 million dollars in legal fees from his dues paying members hard earned money pursuing legal action against a rival union—without recovering a single dollar.

Eyes on SPFPA
Mar 292 min read


Why did SPFPA President David L. Hickey Close a Blind Eye to the O'Quinn's Conflict of Interest?
This was clearly a conflict of interest and SPFPA President David L. Hickey knew about this conflict of interest between SPFPA, and Patronus Systems since 2010 and did nothing about it. WHY -- That's over a decade of silence. --Members deserved protection.

Eyes on SPFPA
Mar 263 min read


SPFPA Disney Local under DOL Investigation
Three officers of a Walt Disney Land local police security union allegedly received payoffs to affiliate with a national union, according to sources, and the U.S. Department of Labor is now investigating.
IESA Local 1955, which represents about 1,500 security personnel in California’s Disneyland, became affiliated with the Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) in October 2021.

Eyes on SPFPA
Mar 254 min read


DOJ Investigating SPFPA Local - at Disney Land - in Theft of $160K
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is investigating the theft of $160,0000 from the union pension funds for workers at California’s Disneyland from a local of the Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) union.

Eyes on SPFPA
Mar 53 min read


SPFPA "I Work to get Paid; I Don't Pay to Work" - Juan Vielma El Paso, Texas.
At the order of officials from the International Union of Security Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA), AKAL suspended Juan without pay for over a year because he had exercised his right under Texas’ Right to Work law to refuse to pay union dues. Texas is one of 24 Right to Work states that prohibit compulsory dues.

Eyes on SPFPA
Feb 63 min read


Eyes on SPFPA
Eyes on SPFPA is a blog and media platform that reports on internal issues, controversies, and legal matters involving the Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) union.

Eyes on SPFPA
Jan 13 min read
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