Evil Unions
Jul/15/08 04:39 AM
Here is yet another example of the disservice many, if not most, unions do to Massacusetts and American citizens on a daily basis. This story tells of a Boston firefighter who was put on permanent disability for injuring his back on the job. With this, he earns his full, taxpayer-funded salary of almost $70,000 a year tax-free.
Well, it turns out that Mr. Arroyo just finished eighth in a mens bodybuilding competition. He claims that all this heavy lifting “helps his back pain”, yet he somehow can’t manage desk duty at the fire station.
Of course, the firefighters union is up in arms against the new outsider fire commissioner Roderick Fraser Jr., who is apparently “out to get” the firefighters. Give me a break. This is the same union chief that calls random drug and alcohol testing of its on-duty firefighters unfair, because apparently its unfair for Boston residents to expect sober help in their greatest time of need. All this after two firefighters died in West Roxbury this year- one with an alcohol level three times the legal limit and the other with cocaine in his system.
Who are these six-figure union bosses supposed to represent? Seems to me that they benefit no one but themselves. Forget the taxpayers, forget those needing to be rescued. In the Boston police and fire departments, its the all about us show.
Well, it turns out that Mr. Arroyo just finished eighth in a mens bodybuilding competition. He claims that all this heavy lifting “helps his back pain”, yet he somehow can’t manage desk duty at the fire station.
Of course, the firefighters union is up in arms against the new outsider fire commissioner Roderick Fraser Jr., who is apparently “out to get” the firefighters. Give me a break. This is the same union chief that calls random drug and alcohol testing of its on-duty firefighters unfair, because apparently its unfair for Boston residents to expect sober help in their greatest time of need. All this after two firefighters died in West Roxbury this year- one with an alcohol level three times the legal limit and the other with cocaine in his system.
Who are these six-figure union bosses supposed to represent? Seems to me that they benefit no one but themselves. Forget the taxpayers, forget those needing to be rescued. In the Boston police and fire departments, its the all about us show.
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