Labor and Union Issues
Mayor Adams’s plan gives app-based delivery workers $19.96 an hour, $1.02 more than an EMT’s starting pay
Union brings up low-staffing, delayed response times, safety problems before the fire that killed Firefighter James Muller and injured six others
Annual starting pay for firefighters would increase to $65,000, up from $55,000. It also promised hiring up to three dozen firefighters and paramedics
Chief: “You just seen me give the mayor my badge. My retirement is effective today.”
The fire department held an expo to prepare women for next year’s application process
Investigators believe supervisors knew about the sexual relationship at the Ohio firehouse
If firefighters can’t strike because we’re so vital to public safety, why can a bank repossess apparatus?
Former Capt. Kevin Smathers is alleging his bosses retaliated against him for reporting a colleague was driving drunk
The city manager fired Chief Randy Poindexter earlier last month; now Poindexter has filed an appeal to be put back in charge of the town’s fire department
They’re protesting against budget cuts and want to keep their early retirement age at 58
Firefighters sued the city for restricting their access to the firehouse since June allegations that a FF’s 3-year-old son was molested there by a visiting teenager
The city manager and fire chief have different versions of why the chief is leaving
She says her voice is one of many wives, husbands and children’s helpless calls after the federal government left them with nowhere to turn to for help
If there’s a chance victims are inside a burned out vacant structure, they will speed up forensic demolition and stay on the scene to see if anyone is inside
They have been suspended for violating department values, but won’t elaborate on what specifically prompted the suspensions
The firefighters and paramedics wear the shirts and sell them to raise money for charities
The department would have cross trained police officers and firefighters to do both jobs
“They’ve done nothing to evaluate how safe it’s been for us, our well-being physically, emotionally — all the different ramifications of doing this job, which is hard enough as it is,” said union President Raymond Furtado.
The city tendered an offer to the department and agreed to postpone laying off 19 firefighters for at least two weeks
They wear the shirts and sell them to the public to raise money; firefighters say they think it’s not permitted because it has the union logo on it
The chief said he was fired for political reasons; the city manager said he was fired for using city gasoline in his personal vehicle
They must modify their hiring process and provide relief to the African-American and Hispanic applicants harmed by the city’s 2012 hiring process
The White House sends top officials to Detroit to offer millions to knock down empty buildings
The firefighter filed a charge against Chief Ellerbe alleging his wrist was injured when the chief grabbed his phone from his hand
Regina Scates, who is six-months pregnant, has been experiencing complications since May and her payment status has changed again
The mayor is fuming about how the six Orange County firefighters who sailed to the Bahamas expected taxpayers to foot the bill
The issue goes back to the spring of this year when the firefighters’ union approached the city about granting automatic promotions
The department officials said they don’t have any receipts for the $40k in questionable purchases, explaining who bought what and why
“I’m not a spring chicken anymore. I’m 57 years of age, and I’m trying to keep up with 25-year-old to 30-year old kids”
Jamar Simmons pleaded guilty to running brothels that pimped out a 16-year-old girl
Firefighters were told weeks ago they could purchase the polos out of their uniform allowances
He said bringing ambulance services back in-house could mean the lowering of patient fees
He said his decision to quit after 13 months on the job has nothing to do with a used fire truck bid battle