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Firefighters, residents press council for transparency as pay-study dispute escalates
Summary
Dozens of firefighters and residents used the public-comment period to press for transparency on the parish pay study, object to staffing and pay decisions, and urge negotiation or mediation rather than an immediate contract for outside PR.
A large turnout of firefighters, union representatives and residents took the council podium on Nov. 5 to press elected officials for transparent answers about the parish pay study and the status of negotiations over firefighter pay.
Speakers alleged that the administration changed the departments included in the pay study after an initial agreement with union representatives, which, they said, skewed the results and reduced apparent pay disparities. Several…
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