Labor and Union Issues
Fire Union Vice President Mike Salsgiver also criticized Fire Chief Graham Archer but said bargaining sessions with Swampscott have been productive
Capt. Mike Smith, president of IAFF Local 21, left a golf course after attending a celebration of life and was pulled over on his way home
Tampa’s contracts with Firefighters Local 754, the Police Benevolent Association and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1464 include pay increases over three years
Long Beach has proposed about $5 million in departmental reductions that would reduce staffing to three firefighters for nine engine crews
He said in an ideal world he could fire the 54 firefighters accused of padding their mileage expenses, but not in the real world
The vote signals the growing tensions between the interim chief and the East Naples firefighters union during collective bargaining negotiations
Firefighter Jack Slivinski took his own life after he was disciplined by Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers for posing for the calendar
He contends he was unfairly punished as part of a long history of bullying at the department
Chief James Tobin claims he received threatening telephone calls at home and anonymous letters
Photo shows the boy’s head fully wrapped in a white bandage and the wooden board sticking out the side of his head
Police detectives are looking into a theft from the Brewer Fireman’s Relief Association, which provides death benefits for families
Firefighters allegedly padded their mileage expenses, in some cases for their entire careers
He claimed he was disabled when he hurt his back in a fall at a Boston fire station, then was seen in a bodybuilding contest
He was hired by Westbrook in January 2009 after allegations of sexual harassment in the department led to the punishment of seven firefighters
Three fire stations are temporarily closed once a week on a rotational basis to save $3.8 million in overtime
They got jobs at the FDNY after they were cleared by a jury of gunning down a man who they had mistaken for a wanted rapist
Judge Nicholas Garaufis has already decided the city’s firefighter entrance exam discriminated against minorities
Legal to-and-fro began in 2004 when he failed a National Fire Protection Association eyesight test and was taken off active firefighting duty
Sixty-four percent of firefighters who voted had no confidence in the chief
He claimed in his lawsuit that the city violated its charter and wrongfully discharged him
The Supreme Court ruled that officials violated white firefighters’ civil rights when they threw out 2003 promotion tests results
The county put in tighter controls and has taken action against a few firefighters for allegedly abusing the system
She is the second firefighter to be terminated in Clark County
Prosecutor Dean Dankelson filed a misdemeanor offense of stealing Wednesday against Matthew W. Page
The recalled firefighters will fill vacancies left by the retirement of senior firefighters
The union said in one recorded conversation he threatened to ‘splatter his brains somewhere and take about 20 people with him when [he] is ready to go’
The city was attempting to deal with budget cuts when it decided to try to reduce minimum staffing rules
Engine crews were shrunk from four to three firefighters and the DC-10 supertanker has been virtually grounded
Two locations of shootings were just blocks from corners where D.C. firefighters have been stationed as crime deterrents
City officials would like to sit down with the union once more before moving to binding arbitration
Exploding pension costs have been a contentious topic as cities across California
Fire Chief Patrick Trentacost said the freeze prompted by the city’s budget crisis leaves little choice but to close companies on a revolving basis