Labor and Union Issues
Salem officials had challenged whether Firefighter Maurice Stadeli’s cancer was occupational
The temporary pay raise created in 2021 for Department of the Interior firefighters is scheduled to end on Sept. 30
Members of the Minnesota Professional Fire Fighters Association learned about research into lung cancer varieties
The new staffing model, which would allow the stations to remain open year-round, would reduce staffing from 16 to 13
Citing the impacts of budget cuts, the union asked Ikea to forego an 11-year tax break the city used to lure the company
The state fire commissioner says there is no reason for fire chiefs to block neighboring departments from backing them up
“The leader of this department had a flawed system ... he needs to be held accountable for the decisions he made.”
There were four women, who later dropped out, picked among 43 recruits; it’s the department’s second consecutive all-male class
An investigation revealed that Janice Bruner made false statements on whether she responded to an apartment fire
The recertification needs to be done every three years; the union wants to see better organizational skills and management of the program
At the center of a the controversy are a Facebook post she made that the administration deemed racist and her claim that fire stations were unsafe
A dispatcher told him twice that his microphone was open; he’s on paid administrative leave
The department will be participating in a Conn-OSHA consultation program to identify areas of improvement
Union officials said hundreds of firefighters and cops have experienced a significant increase in payroll problems in the past year
He had been collecting for a dislocated shoulder and torn rotator cuff suffered when he helped to carry a heavy person down a flight of stairs in 1998
City leaders are looking at eliminating the department through attrition and stripping it of its emergency medical response
Daniel Nolan was put on administrative leave pending an investigation into an incident that occurred during and after a task force meeting
Fire officials said one of the biggest problems is that Chiefs Carlos Huertas and Daniel Nolan do not communicate
The department will officially close June 30; surrounding departments will cover their area
The department will be provided a 50-year lease as long as they continue to operate throughout the life of the agreement
A citizen complained that the district failed to file minutes of a recent meeting for the second time in less than a year
Budget officials estimated the cost of hiring, training and staffing a crew to be $866,000 for fiscal year 2016, with costs increasing each year
The issue centers around the union leader’s sharing a photo of an injured firefighter with a local newspaper
Union officials say the city is rolling the dice with public safety
The union filed two suits as part of an on-going pay dispute
The chief said they drained their reserves and savings for expenses such as maintaining the building and vehicles and keeping rescue equipment up to code
The fire chief is looking into changes that would give female firefighters more privacy
Audit report revealed the fire company never repaid a 10-year-old loan for $150,000 from a state fireman’s relief fund
The town said they fired him for being verbally abusive and disrespectful during a meeting
Female firefighters said their concerns range from overt sexual advances from male employees to retaliation for reporting problems
Fire Chief Dave Radel: “Even when we are fortunate to hire a minority, we don’t get to hold onto them for very long.”
The city manager says the move is to ensure the integrity of the investigation
The recent European airline tragedy shows how hard it is to filter out those with mental health problems
