Labor In The News: Council Support for DC Fire Fighters Draws Attention
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)The Metro Council’s condemnation of DC Mayor Vincent Gray’s threat to ask
Congress to intervene in a dispute with Fire Fighters Local 36 (Council
Meeting Highlights 4/16/2013 UC) has drawn local media attention.
“Pressure mounted Monday on Mayor Vincent Gray to pay DC firefighters $36
million in back pay they contend the city owes them for overtime dating back to
2001,” Harry
Jaffe reported April 22 on Washingtonian.com, while Metro Council
President Jos Williams characterized Gray’s threat as “behavior that you
would expect from the governor of Michigan or Ohio or Indiana or Wisconsin" in
Alan Blinder’s 4/22
Examiner report.