Labor and Union Issues
The Stratford firefighters’ union says members were unjustly fired while recovering from injuries, while town officials cite a lack of return-to-work timelines
Active and retired Scranton firefighters are undergoing preventative esophageal cancer screenings, thanks to a partnership between Local 60 IAFF and Lucid Diagnostics
The bill increases the SALT deduction cap from $10,000 to $40,400; it also creates a deduction for income taxes paid on OT earnings for individuals making under $160,000 per year
Not all head-scratcher decisions come out of D.C.; here’s a look at what some local politicians are doing to give firefighters a swift kick in the shins
Chief Karen Brack, who was hired in 2012, said no one forced her out; her last day will be April 7
Damon Winters said he was wrongfully denied a full-time position with the department
Because the borough pays the firefighters an hourly wages and controls their work schedule, hiring and discipline, the court found that the firefighters are borough employees and eligible to unionize
Chief Johnny Hiatt noted salaries and unemployment insurance will cost the department about $43,000 to staff the new positions
The Austin Fire Department is in need of three to six more firefighters as it faces pending retirements, and others are out on medical leave
An internal affairs investigation was open against Chief Dan Scales in December 2016 after his employees signed a grievance
The total settlement includes overtime, pension payments and interest
The Snapchat video shows a firefighter strapped on a backboard being doused with water and having various condiments poured on him
The city said the new passing grade will help expand its pool of potential candidates
The bonuses come after overtime costs have nearly doubled over the last two years
The fire chief said the figures include pension, benefits and overtime costs
Officials said the firefighter-paramedic earned more than the fire chief and city manager due to an extraordinary amount of overtime
Daryl DuPage was asked to resign after allegedly pointing out unpaid overtime and suspicious activity involving a grant
The president of San Antonio’s firefighters association said his city is starting to feel the strain of only having 34 full-time rigs
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”