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Deputy chief and union urge commission to back annual firefighter cancer screening
Summary
Chief Tom O'Connor, in his final remarks, and Local 7‑98 President Floyd Rollins asked the Fire Commission to forward a resolution requesting funding for yearly cancer screening for firefighters after O'Connor said his request for $25,000 was rejected as 'budgetary dust.' O'Connor said he had a recent cancer diagnosis and urged the commission to act.
In closing remarks at the June 28 Fire Commission meeting, Chief Tom O'Connor urged commissioners to champion annual cancer screening for firefighters and to pass a resolution requesting funding.
O'Connor said that during recent contract negotiations he requested $25,000 to fund yearly cancer screening for the command staff and that the mediator indicated the request was rejected as "budgetary dust." He said this was unacceptable given the resources devoted to other city…
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