Tag Archives: reprimand

Today’s burning question: I was disciplined last week because I called in sick to go to my daughter’s hockey game. Her team was in the championship and I could not get anyone to cover my shift. I am being demoted from captain to engineer but we had a captain who got caught lying on-duty and he got virtually no punishment. Why am I being demoted and he get’s a slap on the wrist? Answer: My father has a saying: hard cases make bad law.

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The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against two Houston firefighters who claim they were discriminated and retaliated against on account of their race. Jesse O'Quinn and Albert Bennett, both African-Americans, claim their problems began in 2009 after O’Quinn reported a noose in a firefighter’s locker.

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San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood has reprimanded IAFF 624 Local President Chris Steele for wearing a uniform that closely resembled a fire department uniform at a political event. The incident occurred on September 20, 2018 at a rally for a proposed charter amendment.

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A Kentucky firefighter who complained about racially offensive Facebook postings has filed suit in state court claiming his chief and other fire department officials have created a hostile work environment by tolerating such statements. Michael Williams, a firefighter with the ...

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San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White has decided to rescind the reprimand she previous issued to Battalion Chief Mark Johnson for taking an unauthorized helmet cam video at the scene of the crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 last July. ...

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