Union wants 9/11 off or extra $$ to show up
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Police in Massachusetts city could get 9/11 as paid holiday
PEABODY, Massachusetts (AP) -- Police in Peabody, Massachusetts, could be getting holiday pay on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in what may be a first-of-its-kind contract provision.
A proposed new contract between the city and the police union would make the anniversary a paid holiday. The proposed contract still needs budgetary approval from the city council.
Officers would receive an extra 25 percent pay for working September 11.
Representatives of the International Brotherhood of Police Officers and the International Union of Police Associations told The Salem News they knew of no similar contract provisions in any other city.
The New York Police Department, which lost 23 officers at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, does not recognize the day as a paid holiday.
A union representing 24,000 NYPD officers has tried during contract discussions to get extra pay for anti-terrorism work in the years since the September 11 attack but has been unsuccessful. Patrolmen's Benevolent Association spokesman Al O'Leary said the pay would be more appropriate than extra pay for one day.
No members of the Peabody force were killed on September 11, but some went to New York after the terror attacks to help the city recover.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/22/holiday.pay.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
Police in Massachusetts city could get 9/11 as paid holiday
PEABODY, Massachusetts (AP) -- Police in Peabody, Massachusetts, could be getting holiday pay on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in what may be a first-of-its-kind contract provision.
A proposed new contract between the city and the police union would make the anniversary a paid holiday. The proposed contract still needs budgetary approval from the city council.
Officers would receive an extra 25 percent pay for working September 11.
Representatives of the International Brotherhood of Police Officers and the International Union of Police Associations told The Salem News they knew of no similar contract provisions in any other city.
The New York Police Department, which lost 23 officers at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, does not recognize the day as a paid holiday.
A union representing 24,000 NYPD officers has tried during contract discussions to get extra pay for anti-terrorism work in the years since the September 11 attack but has been unsuccessful. Patrolmen's Benevolent Association spokesman Al O'Leary said the pay would be more appropriate than extra pay for one day.
No members of the Peabody force were killed on September 11, but some went to New York after the terror attacks to help the city recover.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/22/holiday.pay.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
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9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,
Dec 7th (attack on Pearl Harber)
Aug 24th (british burning of Washington, DC)
Apr 19th (oklahoma city bombing)
Apr 12th (shots fired on Fort Sumter, start of Civil War)
Feb 23rd (1st World Trade Center bombing)
and I'm sure others can give them more dates to request off using their logic
Stop by:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14678777351&ref=mf
But extra pay for a day....just because of the date? That's a bit crazy, but then again, it's a union we are dealing with here.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
End of discussion.