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March 2, 2007
For Immediate Release |
Contact: Albert O'Leary
212-298-9190 (O)
or Joseph Mancini
212-298-9150
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PBA REACTS TO FIREFIGHTERS' CONTRACT
PBA president Patrick J. Lynch said:
“The United
Firefighters Association is to be congratulated for negotiating
a contract that satisfies the needs of their members. The
FDNY has not experienced the same defection of experienced personnel
that the NYPD has nor have they had any problem recruiting new
members. Since 2002, Over 4,400 fully trained and experienced
police officers have fled the NYPD for better jobs including
many who have opted to join the FDNY. A cookie cutter contract
settlement will not resolve the critical problems the NYPD is
facing in keeping experienced officers on the job and attracting
new ones. In that the city does not have the leadership
or political courage to negotiate a police contract that will
resolve the staffing crisis at the NYPD then the PBA is committed
to achieving that goal through binding arbitration.”
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