Peabody Mass PD wants holiday pay for Sept 11th

[EXDC203 38]

The story on the news tonite was very disturbing.......... Peabody Mass Police Dept. wants to recieve holiday pay for working on Sept 11th. Im not sure how many members of Peabody P.D. went to Ground Zero...after the fact.......but, that day was a day for giving all you had!!!! You want extra pay for a JOB YOU DID over 150 miles away? To the members of Peabody P.D. who oppose this I applaude you, to the members who agree with this........you are a disgrace to the uniform.

Edited October 22, 2008 by jack10562
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[antiquefirelt 994]

Can you find the source of this? It seems ridiculous on the surface, but often in a Union shop there is a legitimate reason. For example, maybe the City of Peabody gave all non-essential employees the day off, but of course firement and police had to work, therefore they would normally be entitled to some sort of extra pay. Our City does this for certain days. If City Hall is closed by council order and employees given the day with pay , all our personnel receive 24 hours of comp time.

But, if it's just PPD asking for 9/11 to be recognized as a paid holiday I think they're way off base.

[texastom791 31]

I found a link to the story on cnn http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/22/holiday.pay.ap/index.html there is quite a few different versions out there.

I think I found a better link instead of the cnn one it tells alittle bit more of the story they're getting a pay raise over the next 4 years but in exchange for that they also have to pay more for health care but they haven't even voted on the new contract so nobody is getting Sept. 11th holiday pay or a pay increase yet.

http://salemnews.com/punews/local_story_291233230.html

I also found a video from the Boston Globe website http://multimedia.boston.com/pub/m/2126231...11.htm?pageid=1

Edited October 22, 2008 by Chris192
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