DWP UNION BLASTS HELICOPTER PROPOSAL.Byline: Rick Orlov Daily News Staff Writer The DWP's largest employee union Thursday filed a complaint that seeks to unhinge a deal to allow the Department of Water and Power to sell two helicopters to the Fire Department, which needs to replenish its aging fleet. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers' Local 18 filed an unfair labor practices Conduct prohibited by federal law regulating relations between employers, employees, and labor organizations. Before 1935 U.S. labor unions received little protection from the law. complaint because LAFD LAFD Los Angeles Fire Department LAFD Los Alamos Fire Department LAFD London Association of Funeral Directors (UK) refused to hire the two DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection helicopter pilots, even though the utility offered to pay their salaries for one year as well as any paramedic par·a·med·ic n. A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. paramedic training costs. ``The Fire Department turned them down and didn't give us any reason,'' said Brian D'Arcy Father Brian D'Arcy is a Passionist priest based in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Originally from Fermanagh, Father Brian serves as Rector of St. Gabriel's Retreat, the Graan. , Local 18 business manager. ``This whole thing is nonsense in the first place,'' D'Arcy said. ``The mayor decided to transfer the helicopters so it's being done.'' Fire Department spokesman Ralph Ramirez denied that a decision has been made. ``Chief (Bill) Bamattre has received a proposal but it hasn't been reviewed yet,'' Ramirez said. ``We can't say anything until we take a look at the proposal.'' The board of Water and Power Commissioners on Tuesday approved the $3.6 million sale of the two helicopters to the LAFD to replace two of its aging machines - one of which crashed into Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large public park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is situated in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,210 acres (17 km²) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. earlier this year, killing three paramedics and the 11-year-old patient they were trying to save. DWP General Manager David Freeman said he hoped to discuss the transfer of the two pilots with fire officials. ``It was never our intent to lay any people off,'' Freeman said. ``That's why we offered to pay for any additional training the (fire) department would require.'' D'Arcy said the DWP pilots are highly skilled in tight maneuvering around power lines and able to do the drop-and-load technique used to fight fires. The deal between the DWP and the Fire Department has been in the works for months as Freeman tries to bring in new revenue, prepare for deregulation Deregulation The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry. Notes: Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries. and reduce costs. |
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