Houston Fire Union President Getting City Job Back After Arbitrator Tosses January Suspension
Fire union president Marty Lancton may be getting his job back with the city of Houston after an independent arbitrator on Monday determined that the city had no cause to indefinitely suspend him in January.
The ruling would reinstate Lancton as a city employee on special assignment to lead the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association, and would also grant the union president full back pay.
Lancton was suspended earlier this year after Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña said he failed to report to work.
“He was absent from work for three or more days,” Peña said. “Essentially AWOL — absent without leave.”
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