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Findlay firefighters say expanded city screening helped catch a cancer earlier
Summary
Members of Findlay Firefighters Local 381 urged council to continue an employer-funded ultrasound screening program after a city employee testified the scan detected a kidney tumor that required surgery; the union letter said the agreement funds 25 screenings per year at an annual city cost of $8,125 and that the program was extended to employees and spouses.
Findlay Firefighters Local 381 asked the city council on March 17 to preserve and support a provision in the union's most recent collective bargaining agreement that added regular ultrasound cancer screening for employees.
A representative read a letter asking the council to note that the bargaining unit successfully negotiated screenings on a rotating three-year cycle, with the city agreeing to fund screening for 25 members per year at a cost of $8,125 annually. The letter said, after selecting United Diagnostic Services, Local 381 negotiated terms to extend the same screening opportunity at the same…
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