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St. Pete City employee suspended for 5-days for social media dig on Mayor Kriseman

Published on September 18, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

St. Pete storm water employee Robin Wynn was suspended without pay for five days based on a comment made on social media during a City Council meeting Thursday night. According to a St. Pete chapter SEIU steward and chapter chair, Brian “Cricket” Brehm, Wynn reportedly referred to St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman as a “clown” on a Facebook post. Details of the content are not immediately available because Wynn took her Facebook page down after being informed of the pending suspension.…

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St. Pete wage boost could be a pay cut for some

Published on September 14, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman thought he was doing city workers a favor when he proposed a 3 percent, across-the-board pay raise for all city employees in his fiscal year 2016 budget. It was more than unions for blue- and white-collar workers proposed for its more than 1,250 employees. Yet Kriseman still finds himself amid a wage dispute with the Florida Public Services Union. That’s because under the mayor’s proposal, the highest wage increase the city has proposed in the…

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Leslie Waters endorsed by firefighters

Published on February 27, 2009 in The Bay and the 'Burg by Peter Schorsch

City Council candidate Leslie Waters has picked up the endorsement of the Seminole Professional Firefighters Local 2896. Waters is a veteran state lawmaker whose time in Tallahassee termed out. According to Mike Murray, president of the union: “Union members that have dealt with Mrs. Waters said she was very helpful to the causes of firefighters (at the state level). Thomas Barnhorn, Waters, Patricia Plantamura and James Quinn are running for two seats on the Council in the March 10 election.…

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