Union wants 9/11 off or extra $$ to show up

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Source: CNN

PEABODY, Massachusetts (AP) -- Police in Peabody, Massachusetts, could be getting holiday pay on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in what may be a first-of-its-kind contract provision.

A proposed new contract between the city and the police union would make the anniversary a paid holiday. The proposed contract still needs budgetary approval from the city council.

Officers would receive an extra 25 percent pay for working September 11.

Representatives of the International Brotherhood of Police Officers and the International Union of Police Associations told The Salem News they knew of no similar contract provisions in any other city.

The New York Police Department, which lost 23 officers at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, does not recognize the day as a paid holiday.

A union representing 24,000 NYPD officers has tried during contract discussions to get extra pay for anti-terrorism work in the years since the September 11 attack but has been unsuccessful. Patrolmen's Benevolent Association spokesman Al O'Leary said the pay would be more appropriate than extra pay for one day.

No members of the Peabody force were killed on September 11, but some went to New York after the terror attacks to help the city recover.

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Now that would be patriotic!

[cosmicone]

1. What if 9/11 falls on a Saturday or Sunday?

Do they get the preceding or succeeding day off?

This is outrageous. This could open doors to a "Katrina Day", "Loma Prieta Day", "Gustav Day" etc.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. This will do nothing but piss off taxpayers.

Who do these cities and towns agree to this stuff in the first place?