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[...Today’s Times-Pic: Council Backs Firefighter RaisesUmmm…not exactly. It’s a nice attention-gra...]
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Today’s Times-Pic: Council Backs Firefighter Raises Ummm…not exactly. It’s a nice attention-grabbing headline but not exactly accurate. What they actually did was *approve pay raises* for “nearly every position classification to increase their compensation rate to the Southern regional average” that specifically *excludes* our firefighters. The city council meeting was held yesterday before a council chamber packed with demoralized firefighters joined by union chief Nick Felton and Fire Superintendent Charles Parent. Felton and Parent have gone to battle with the city over and over again for their men and women. Their words to the council: Parent called his workers’ exclusion from the latest city raises “a severe blow to morale” in his department, and firefighters union chief Nick Felton blasted what he called Nagin’s “mean-spiritedness.” “Why do we have to be treated like orphaned stepchildren?” Felton asked the Budget Committee. “Why do we have to be spit upon?” Members of the council have stated their intention to “approved a resolution saying the pay of all city workers including firefighters should be brought up to the Southern average without delay and regardless of any litigation. The full council is expected to vote on it July 10.” We were hoping that the council wouldn’t approve the raises at all yesterday unless or until the NOFD was included. I want to post a shout-out to Bayou St. John David for getting behind the cause on his blog in addition to putting his great analytical skills to work on the so-called “southern regional averages”. Stay tuned there for more. Starting today and every Friday until our firefighters get that raise I will be posting NoLA firefighting videos to keep this issue on the front burner (ouch!) and to honor New Orleans best and bravest. I confess I hope everyone who reads this blog will actually watch the vid
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