NC Firefighters Get Small Win in Death Benefits Fight

June 29, 2017
North Carolina firefighters are urging lawmakers to address death benefits for job-related cancers.

Firefighters in North Carolina continue urging state lawmakers to pass a comprehensive bill that provides full benefits for deaths from job-related cancers. A state budget amendment recently added another form of cancer to the list that can qualify for benefits, but a previous version of the bill would have added six.