Labor and Union Issues
23 Chicago firefighters allege the city and fire department violated their constitutional rights by searching personal vehicles for weapons after an anonymous tip
A new survey of over 6,000 New York first responders reveals alarming mental health struggles, with high rates of stress, burnout, depression and anxiety
Las Vegas city firefighters will receive a 3.25% cost-of-living adjustment under a new two-year contract, along with a 1.35% salary increase and retroactive pay for the past fiscal-year month
The deal requires the men who ran the firm to cooperate as the fund goes after others who profited while it lost hundreds of millions of dollars
In Missouri, Kansas and other states, the burden of proof that job exposures caused cancer falls on the firefighters or their survivors
Firefighters and police have been pitted against Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings since he vowed not to let taxpayer dollars fund the gap in the pension system
As part of his religion, firefighter John Brooks said he cannot cut his hair
Antonio Dias alleges he was rejected as a firefighter because he has high blood pressure
The settlement guarantees that paid fire crews maintain four men on each engine that goes out on a call for the next five years
Chief Brian Schmitt said he went through the certification classes, but never took the final exam
Fire station staff levels will drop from 17 to 14; it has not been that low since the 1990s
Their jobs are at risk due to hiring restrictions placed on the public sector by Greece’s bailout conditions
The bill would offer a cash-balance retirement plan to newly hired officers and firefighters, rather than a traditional pension
Police and firefighter salaries haven’t been adjusted since 2008
Although a court ruled she was wrongfully terminated and owed back pay in 2013, Cindy Schuenke has yet to be paid
The exemption also allows the U.S. Forest Service to hire employees necessary to “meet national security responsibilities” or “public safety responsibilities”
Critics say the state should not intervene in local labor contracts and describe the push as an attack on firefighters
Two firefighters each worked more than 6,000 hours, which amounted to “almost 70 percent of the time they are living and breathing”
Union officials said the move to increase total staff will decrease response times and keep firefighters safe
Deputy Fire Chief James Garcia said the city fired him in 2015 after he underwent neck surgery
Jennifer Yager alleges that she was forced out of the department because she was married to another employee
The order may bar the Forest Service from hiring seasonal or part-time firefighters
An alternative would allow police and firefighters to transfer over to a new city-run pension system with reduced guaranteed benefits but less risk of insolvency
Capt. Brent Blamires claimed he was fired for blowing the whistle on Fire Chief Jason Keller’s driving a fire district vehicle while under the influence
Due to the fire union’s request, the county has temporarily placed reducing staffing at nine stations from three to two firefighters on hold
According to union officials, the airport does not have proper sleeping facilities for firefighters, some of whom are are working back-to-back shifts
After leaving the fire service, firefighters could receive up to five years of coverage for an illness
After June Stilwell spent the last two weeks before her retirement behind a desk after suffering shoulder pain, her pension was reduced
The fire union president calls it a “slap in the face” to the department, others say he earned the deal
The fire service doesn’t come free and now is the time to remind newly elected or re-elected officials of that fact
During the past four years, the Watertown Fire Department’s overtime has more than doubled
Elizabeth Hinton was the city’s only female firefighter after she was hired in 2006, and said the harassment got worse after she became pregnant
The firefighters said the district should have included not just hourly pay in its calculation of the regular pay rate, but also other compensation