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Monday, January 11, 2021 - 1:56 pm
BY JIMMY LAWTON
North Country This Week
OGDENSBURG – An injunction that would allow laid-off firefighters to continue working as the city and union hash out a deal in arbitration has been denied.
“The court concludes any arbitration award which might later be rendered in the Union s favor will not be rendered ineffectual by the failure to grant a preliminary injunction in this special proceeding. If the Union is successful, harm to the Union or its members may be remedied by the awards of reinstatement, back pay, and accrued but unpaid benefits,” Judge Mary Farley said in her order.
Monday, January 11, 2021 - 9:27 am
BY JIMMY LAWTON
North Country This Week
OGDENSBURG – Ogdensburg Fire Union President Jason Bouchard says the city manager’s one-vehicle response goes against department of health standards and puts citizens at risk.
“Ogdensburg City Manager Steve Jellie, who recently laid off five firefighters, wants desperately to have his way, no matter how unsafe or how much resistance he gets. Ogdensburg Firefighters are unanimously opposed to running only one engine to all emergency calls. The CM simply won’t listen and is pushing us to implement his plan,” Bouchard said in a prepared statement.
Bouchard said one big concern the firefighters have is the growing spread of COVID-19.