Cincinnati residents may lodge police misconduct complaints with the City’s Citizen Complaint Authority. The Authority consists of a team of investigators, an executive director appointed by the city manager, and a seven-person board appointed by the mayor. In response to a complaint, the Authority conducts an investigation that usually includes interviews with the relevant officers,…
Local 143 of the International Association of Firefighters represents firefighters employed by Everett, Massachusetts. Local 143 is the exclusive bargaining agent for all privates, lieutenants, captains, and deputy chiefs, excluding the fire chief, who holds a managerial position. When the fire chief position became vacant in 2018, the City informed Local 143 that it was…
The general thinking has been that public safety employers have the right to impose mandatory vaccinations against COVID-19 assuming: (1) that they discharge any obligation to collectively bargain over such a program; and (2) make reasonable accommodations for employees objecting to vaccination on religious or disability grounds. A lawsuit filed several weeks ago challenges those…
