Labor and Union Issues
The Tulsa Firefighter’s Union and the city are in arbitration over pay raises
The ruling means that union employees will lose pay if they do not receive a first shot by the deadline
“We already have long delays without EMS units because of staffing issues, crowding at the hospital,” said local union president Rich Langford
The Columbus firefighter was fired for executing his two dogs
The city wants to cut the 1.5 percent pension raise that firefighters got a year ago and freeze three spots recently vacated
The city has since received several complaints about his actions at the fire that killed a prominent doctor and gutted a million-dollar home
The department’s overtime costs were more than double the allotted amount
The judge said he wants the city to hire two black and one Hispanic candidate for every five applicants who pass the test until there are 293 minorities
Currently, the department’s firefighters work two 10-hour day shifts and two 14-hour overnight shifts in a seven-day schedule
The Mayor admonished him and command staff for “poor” handling of issues with female firefighters
The DHS grant would cover the new firefighters’ salaries and benefits for two years
The decision opens the city up to possible monetary damages for thousands of minority FDNY applicants who did not get hired
A heated discussion over the purchase of a new ladder truck hospitalized the fire chief with chest pains
Pittsburgh Fire Chief Darryl Jones is exasperated by all the recent arrests of off-duty firefighters for alcohol-related crimes
The department is revising the budget to hire more firefighters and immediately reduce brownouts
City fire officials are seeking recruits for a training academy that begins in June
The mayor said the department had difficulties in dealing with ''diversity and conflict’’
An allegedly forged certificate bumped his annual pay by $1,919
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