Winnipeg Free Press By: Dan Lett | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Friday, Feb. 19, 2021
Opinion
There is one piece of advice, above all others, that just about every comedian, musician and politician has been given at one time or another.
There is one piece of advice, above all others, that just about every comedian, musician and politician has been given at one time or another.
Read the room.
Taxpayers aren t pleased they are covering some of United Firefighters of Winnipeg President Alex Forrest s salary. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press files)
This phrase is shorthand for take the time to consider whether anything you say or do will be appropriate for your audience. It s sage counsel that Alex Forrest, the president of the United Fire Fighters of Winnipeg, should really take the time to consider.
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Bowman insists salary deal for union leader on table
The city has been unable to negotiate the end of a controversial deal in which taxpayers cover most of a union leader’s salary, almost three years after deciding to do so.
The city has been unable to negotiate the end of a controversial deal in which taxpayers cover most of a union leader’s salary, almost three years after deciding to do so.
However, Mayor Brian Bowman insisted Wednesday the city could still get rid of the arrangement.
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United Firefighters of Winnipeg President Alex Forrest.
There is a five-alarm fire raging in Winnipeg.
It’s coming from inside the fire halls.
While the latest controversy to roil the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service centres on the actions of a single medic and firefighting crew during a critical-care call in the North End last fall, the context in which it sits is a turbulent 24-year marriage between two departments that were forced to become one.
City misses deadline, taxpayers on the hook
The City of Winnipeg has missed a chance to put an end to a controversial arrangement that sees taxpayers on the hook for 60 per cent of the firefighter union president’s salary.