How far will the International brotherhood of police officers go, to receive what they want in Atlanta?
"Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin’s claims of being intimidated by a union leader are just a political ploy to cover up a broken workers’ compensation system, a national police union president said Thursday. On Thursday, International Brotherhood of Police Officers’ President David Holway delivered a letter to Franklin, demanding a public hearing for all injured city employees who have filed workers’ compensation claims. Several officers, who were severely injured on duty, have complained of not getting proper medical care or payments from the city. Holway, who represents about 13,000 police officers across the nation, also asked for the city to allow Atlanta union president Sgt. Scott Kreher to return to work. Kreher was suspended last week after he said he wanted to beat Franklin in the head with a baseball bat for her failure to address the workers’ compensation issue."
Link: http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/05/28/police_union_workers_comp.html
Link: http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/05/28/police_union_workers_comp.html