Post by Logan on Jul 1, 2016 21:39:30 GMT -6
It’s a new fire season, but state firefighters are still battling an old problem.
Cal Fire Local 2881 says its been in contract discussions with Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration for a year. The talks are centered on the union’s complaint that local firefighters are paid more for less work.
With negotiations for pay raises at a stalemate, the union is turning to the public for help and launching a media campaign next week. The campaign, which includes television, radio and print advertisements, aims to “explain and reintroduce folks to the work, efforts and sacrifices” of state firefighters, said Terry McHale, public policy director for Cal Fire Local 2881.
“The morale of the firefighters in the field is the lowest that those of us who have worked around them have seen in two decades,” McHale said. “The high level of frustration and disappointment, which hasn’t been resolved, is driving them to go public and explain who we are.”
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article87287127.html
Cal Fire Local 2881 says its been in contract discussions with Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration for a year. The talks are centered on the union’s complaint that local firefighters are paid more for less work.
With negotiations for pay raises at a stalemate, the union is turning to the public for help and launching a media campaign next week. The campaign, which includes television, radio and print advertisements, aims to “explain and reintroduce folks to the work, efforts and sacrifices” of state firefighters, said Terry McHale, public policy director for Cal Fire Local 2881.
“The morale of the firefighters in the field is the lowest that those of us who have worked around them have seen in two decades,” McHale said. “The high level of frustration and disappointment, which hasn’t been resolved, is driving them to go public and explain who we are.”
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article87287127.html