Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Detroit cops abandon posts to protest pay cuts
Washington Examiner ^ | 11/20/2011 | Joel Gehrke

Posted on 11/21/2011 1:07:21 PM PST by Skeez

Sixteen Detroit police officers failed to finish their scheduled shifts on Friday. The unannounced work-stoppage was an apparent protest against the Detroit mayor's planned reductions in pay for police, one part of a larger package intended to address the city's financial crisis.

The apparent protest was a "concerted effort isolated to one shift at one district," Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee Jr. explained in a statement. The police officers left during their 4-8 pm shift on Friday, according to the Detroit News.

Earlier in the week, Mayor Dave Bing warned police officers to expect a 10 percent pay cut in a speech outlining a series of budget control measures. "I do not want to cut boots on the street but we need police and fire to accept the same 10 percent cut in salary that the rest of our city employees have accepted," Bing told city residents on Wednesday. "Adding that savings to the cuts instituted across all city departments will save a total of $13 million dollars this fiscal year."

(Excerpt) Read more at campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS:
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-54 next last
The police officers left during their 4-8 pm shift on Friday...

Just in time for Happy Hour... Unbelievable.

1 posted on 11/21/2011 1:07:22 PM PST by Skeez
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Skeez

Dave Bing may be a democrat but he’s also a businessman and it shows.


2 posted on 11/21/2011 1:09:52 PM PST by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Skeez

Did anyone notice.


3 posted on 11/21/2011 1:10:00 PM PST by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by "AMNESTY" Perry and his fellow demorats.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Skeez
Hmmmm...4 to 8 pm, that would be 4 hours or 10% of a 40 hour shift. Sounds like they are sending the mayor a warning that if he cuts their pay 10% they are going to work 10% fewer hours. (not saying it's right, just seemed it was more than a coincidence that both would equal 10%)
4 posted on 11/21/2011 1:11:29 PM PST by apillar
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Skeez

Absent without authorization, leaving the public at risk.

Fire them.


5 posted on 11/21/2011 1:12:36 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg (Why, yes. I AM in a bad mood.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Skeez

Atlas Shrugs.


6 posted on 11/21/2011 1:14:42 PM PST by Retro Llama
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Colonel_Flagg
Fire them.

Sorry, the government's union b***h who negotiated the contract with the union agreed that they can't be fired for labor actions. Right?

7 posted on 11/21/2011 1:15:49 PM PST by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Skeez
... their 4-8 pm shift ...

A four hour shift? If that is what it is, that's no shift. It's a break from your time off.

8 posted on 11/21/2011 1:15:57 PM PST by RobinOfKingston (The instinct toward liberalism is located in the part of the brain called the rectal lobe.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Skeez

I wonder if the city will riot like it did in Robocop...


9 posted on 11/21/2011 1:16:07 PM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Colonel_Flagg

People want to be paid for the work they do. There are probably other ways that the mayor can save money for the city, but he won’t let his pet projects go.


10 posted on 11/21/2011 1:16:23 PM PST by christx30
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Colonel_Flagg
Fire them.

This mayor just might. One of the first things he did when elected was to fire some 50 bus drivers who declared an informal strike. He declared that since bus service had been unaffected, their service was no longer needed. lol
11 posted on 11/21/2011 1:17:27 PM PST by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Colonel_Flagg

thankless job to begin with.


12 posted on 11/21/2011 1:17:32 PM PST by RitchieAprile (Precious little in your life is yours by right and won without a fight..)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Skeez

ummmm are they allowed to just walk out? why can’t they be replaced if they don’t want to work?


13 posted on 11/21/2011 1:17:43 PM PST by snowstorm12
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: org.whodat

Did anyone notice.

The donut shops.

Looks like staff reduction.
16 less officers-16 less pensions.

That’s how you sharpen the pencil.


14 posted on 11/21/2011 1:17:58 PM PST by maine yankee (I got my Governor at 'Marden's')
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Skeez

welcome to the 3rd world


15 posted on 11/21/2011 1:18:25 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: maine yankee
Dang, one donut shop gone.
16 posted on 11/21/2011 1:20:55 PM PST by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by "AMNESTY" Perry and his fellow demorats.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: Skeez

Just imagine what would happen to them in the private sector.. but they’ll be coddled.. and of course.. payed. And their union thugs will get fawning face time on local networks.


17 posted on 11/21/2011 1:21:08 PM PST by Track9
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cripplecreek

He doesn’t have much freedom to screw up. He has X dollars to spend and NO ONE will loan him any more.


18 posted on 11/21/2011 1:21:29 PM PST by DManA
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: mvpel
Sorry, the government's union b***h who negotiated the contract with the union agreed that they can't be fired for labor actions. Right?

Think Ronald Reagan and the air-traffic controllers. Maybe Dave Bing has a similar set of stones.

19 posted on 11/21/2011 1:22:16 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg (Why, yes. I AM in a bad mood.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: RitchieAprile
thankless job to begin with.

Agreed. But it's a job the taxpayers of Detroit are paying to have done. LEOs deserve support when they're putting their lives on the line. But when they walk off the job, the life that is on the line isn't theirs. It's those they are supposed to serve.

20 posted on 11/21/2011 1:23:22 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg (Why, yes. I AM in a bad mood.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-54 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson