Rhode Island City Charges Firefighters Union 'Rent' for Use of Trucks in City Council Demo - Firehouse.com News
Rhode Island City Charges Firefighters Union 'Rent' for Use of Trucks in City Council Demo - Firehouse.com News:
This is an interesting article. It shows the thin grey area relative to so many Departments and the organizations which represent their employees. I wonder if the City in question bills for other events?
CRANSTON - In September, the firefighters union put on a demonstration of how firefighters do their job, at one point taking City Council members, the media and Mayor Stephen P. Laffey's top administrators through a smoky building in full protective gear.
Beyond its intended educational value, union leaders said, the demonstration made for a good time and, perhaps, signaled a warming in their relations with the mayor.
But a few weeks later, the union got a bill from City Hall demanding a $450 "rental" fee for the two pieces of apparatus -- an engine and a ladder truck from the Fire Department's backup fleet -- it used in the Sept. 17 event.
"We've never gotten a bill before for anything," said Paul Valletta, president of Local 1363, International Association of Fire Fighters. "I don't know where this rental thing comes from."
This is an interesting article. It shows the thin grey area relative to so many Departments and the organizations which represent their employees. I wonder if the City in question bills for other events?
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