New Orleans fire union, administration at odds over promotions and pay
Firefighters union officials and top brass at the New Orleans Fire Department are at odds over some recent promotions and pay raises.
The latest dust-up between union President Nick Felton and Fire Superintendent Tim McConnell came Monday during a meeting of the Civil Service Commission.
At the meeting, Felton criticized the department over the way it handled the promotion of 40 firefighters to the rank of captain, as well as the distribution of extra pay to NOFD employees who are not emergency responders.
About 120 firefighters passed the test given under Civil Service rules for the promotion. But Felton said that after the test was given, McConnell issued new rules for how the promotions would be handled, allowing the candidates who passed the test to be further evaluated based on training, education and oral interviews.
Read more: http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_f6829096-8439-11e6-b974-b3b4d2ecd7ab.html
