2 20 314 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/fd20be42f25dc8834306d6e1a7f2240a.pdf d370b6127d174ecaf27a4f9adc49d82b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. FISHER BODY DIVISION GENERAL MOTORS l I TL H NT il CORPORAT I ON PLHNT A T L AN T A, GEO RG I A OFFICE OF THE: PLANT MANAGER September 13, 1966 Hon. Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of the City of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mayor Allen: It was with much regret that I heard of the City of Atlanta's recent decision to fire approximately 550 trained and experienced firemen. I am deeply concerned about the welfare and safety of this city as it is quite obvious that we do not have adequate fire protection with only a small number of trained men on the job, assisted by new hires with no training or experience, and policemen who are certainly needed in other areas. I do not believe you will be able to replace these men with quali fied personnel for a long time with the hours and wage s now offered them . As a further indication that our city is not adequately protected, the insurance underwriters have stated that under pre s ent circums tances, they probably will not issue new policies and if the serious shortage of traine d firefighters continues to exist, insurance rates may be increased. I feel that such an increase would be an unnecessary expense to prope rty owne rs . I would like to request that you and other r esponsible city officials r e cons ider your decision and urge the s e m en to return to thei r jobs. Ve r y t r uly yours , Mrs. Chris tine D. Hogan Secretary to Plant Manager cc: &>ard of Firemasters � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document FrsHER Bony DIVISION GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION ATLANTH PLANT ATLANTA, GEORGIA OFFICE OF THE PLANT MANAGER September 13, 1966 Hon. Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of the City of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mayor Allen: It was with much regret that I heard of the City of Atlanta's recent decision to fire approximately 550 trained and experienced firemen. I am deeply concerned about the welfare and safety of this city as it is quite obvious that we do not have adequate fire protection with only a small number of trained men on the job, assisted by new hires with no training or experience, and policemen who are certainly needed in other areas. I do not believe you will be able to replace these men with quali- fied personnel for a long time with the hours and wages now offered them. As a further indication that our city is not adequately protected, the insurance underwriters have stated that under present circumstances, they probably will not issue new policies and if the serious shortage of trained firefighters continues to exist, insurance rates may be increased, I feel that such an increase would be an unnecessary expense to property owners. I would like to request that you and other responsible city officials reconsider your decision and urge these men to return to their jobs. Very truly yours, C esos ot ' Negen Mrs. Christine D. Hogan Secretary to Plant Manager cc: Board of Firemasters  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 14, Folder 12, Document 27 Box 14 Box 14 Folder 12 Folder topic: Firemen's strike | 1966 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/2d796c3d2230f53d4c1a777b2dccd25e.pdf b8536ae2c891ca34f9cb1160384f95b5 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ROUGH DRAFT INFORMATION TO BE I NCLUDED IN AF I DAV T The City of Atlanta operates on a we l l planned, we annual budget. progra'7,:n d The City ha s cer tain p _esc ibed r les· a nd _e gula _ons i n its Charter dealing with the anticipat ion of revenue~-, the approprie.tio _ of f u_. s, and .the like . These laws were enacted in 193 7 and have been a end d sever 1 times since. The budget law was prompted by the fa c t th t t he City was a _mos t financially bankrupt and was having to is s ue script · n or de r to pa y 1-s employees and vendors. We have found ha t by liv ing wi these rues nd regulations, good,sound financia l budge ts c an be made and c an be lived up to . In fact, we have extended the pra c tic e wi thi revenues and operating expenses for 9','..:,,·.;} .:>f, ( 0 ,C ' · I ~,\;., ·,; · s muc h z.s - ive years e·1ce befo e ma i ng a particular calendar year budget. I .): -,.,..-,- - -- ,......::-.., t he office of f o eca t i ng - - - - The 1966 calendar year budget was ma laws which are contained in the Charter of ~n accordance wi th t he budge t he City a nd · t he pr-ct i ce of f o··e - casting revenues and operating co sts for s everal ye r s. estimates for the 1966 budget we r ~tici?~tcd r evenue for ecast ad r v i ewed as ar y s May , 1965 . These estimates were again r eviewed i n Ju ly , August , Oc tober , Nov ,ber and December, and corrections ma de a cco rding to economic c hanges d ring this period . Bud ge t rlquest forms were forwarded o the various depart ents of the City on Sep tember 15, 1965, and t he se were comple ted and retu~~ - ' to this office by Oc tober 15. These r equest s tot aled $________ C:.:1C - V ilabl:::. revenue pro jections that had been made in Oc t ober i ndicated th~t we coul d provide for onlv $_________ The budget reque st s of the various departments were thoroughly revi wed by this office and we re r eviewed by the Finance Comm · ttee, togetheL with the off i cials of the various departments. November 2, 3 and 4, 1965. - - --------~ ·__ :-_:::::;:::-- Thes e hearings were condu~ted on The Budget Commiss ion, who is responsible for % ~, -.·· �- 2 - antic ipating all revenues of t he City and maki ng certa in appTopr i a i ons such as debt service, met and approved t he tenta tive e stimate year 1966 on November 30, 1965 . quired by Charter of the City on rece·p t ~or the The tenta tive budget was published as r e- Several meetings were held during f or t he purpose of reviewing reve h~ mo t hs of ovc~ber a nd Decembe es and re uests for a d ' i tiona l eq i p1 e nt , new employees, reclassifi ca tions , e c . T ese r e ques s w _ e thorough/,...sc eened .J and only the ba re essential were a ppTove d . T, e 966 _Pay and Classi iic2t i on Plan, whic h provided a 4 1/4% i ncrea se for eve y employee on t he payroll of the City was formulated nd approved by he Fina . e Comnittee ar.d presented to the Board of Aldermen on Decembe r 20 , 1965 . Requests fo and reclassifications were r evi ewed end pr se d to t he BoaT new employees of Alde rnen 3 for adoption on Janua ry 4, 1966 . --(, ,··,. . . (~ ··' " .· The Budget Com,~ ission of t e City is composed of the Mayor, ChairQan of the Finance Commit tee , the Comptroller, and two ald rm • elec CQ Board of Aldermen each year t o serve fo r the calendar y ar . two alderm n T. Q by the to serve on t he 1966 Budget Commiss ion were elected at the meeting of 3 J a nuary 4, 1966 . The 1966 illudget Commission met Ja uary 4, 966 and reviewe~ the fi'1al receipt s of 1965 and e s tablished t he estimated receipts for 1960 i~ accordanc~ wit h the pract i ce a nd principl es t hat have been used by the c::..:y ior the last s everal years . The Budget Commis sion r ecommendation was file law with t he Board o f Aldermen on Monday , January 17, 1966. s required by The Finance Committee met on January 4, 1966 , reviewed and adopted t e final budget for~,.~ year 1966 a nd thi s wa s presented t o the Board of Aldermen on Janu£ry 17, 1966. It may be we ll to note that the B dget CoITu.~ission ca~not change its anticipations on present sources of revenue until the collections on th t source �- 3 - o f revenue has exc eeded the amo nt a,t ic i a~ed . ha each member of the Budget Coi. ·ssion i= that th e co lle ctions are less han h t a so may be we l to note er anal y li ble in ~he eve ~ amo nt of reve ue n icipa ~e . � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document ROUGH DRAFT INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN AFFIDAVIT The City of Atlanta operates on a well planned, well programmed 16) annual budget. The City has certain prescribed rules and regulations in it Charter dealing with the anticipation of revenues, the appropriation of funds, and the like. These laws were enacted in 1937 and have been amended several times since. The budget law was prompted by the fact that the City was almost financially bankrupt and was having to issue script in order to pay its employees and vendors. We have found that by living with these rules and regulations, good,sound financial budgets can be made and can be lived up to. In fact, we have extended the practice within the office of forecasting revenues and operating expenses for as much es five years hence before making a particular calendar year budget. The 1966 calendar year budget was made in actordance with the budget laws which are contained in the Charter of the City and the practice of fore- * v r casting revenues and operating costs for several years Anticipated revenue estimates for the 1966 budget were forecast and reviewed as early as May, 1965. These estimates were again reviewed in July, August, October, November and December, and corrections made according to economic changes during this period. Budget request forms were forwarded to the various departments of the City on September 15, 1965, and these were completed and returned to this office by October 15. These requests totaled $ and availab revenue projections that had been made in October indicated that we could provide for only $ ‘ The budget requests of the various departments were thoroughly reviewed by this office and were reviewed by the Finance Committee, together with the officials of the various departments. These hearings were conducted on November 2, 3 and 4, 1965. The Budget Commission, who is responsible for anticipating all revenues of the City and making certain appropriations such as debt service, met and approved the tentative estimated receipts for the year 1966 on November 30, 1965. The tentative budget was published as re- quired by Charter of the City on : Several meetings were held during the months of November and December for the purpose of reviewing revenues and requests for additional equipment, new employees, reclassifications, etc. These requests were thoroughiscreened and only the bare essentials were approved. The 1966 Pay and Classification Plan, which provided a 4 1/4% increase for every employee on the payroll of the City was formulated and approved by the Finance Committee and presented to che Board of Aldermen on December 20, 1965. Requests for new employees and reclassifications were reviewed and presented to the Board of Aldermen for adoption on January 4, 1966. The Budget Commission of the City is composed of the Mayor, Chairman of the Finance Committee, the Comptroller, and two aldermen elected by the Board of Aldermen each year to serve for the calendar year. The two aldermen to serve on the 1966 Budget Commission were elected at the meeting of 3 January 4, 1966, The 1966 Budget Commission met January 4, 1966 and reviewed the final fu receipts of 1965 and established the estimated receipts for 1966 in accordance with the practice and principles that have been used by the City for the last several years. The Budget Commission recommendation was filed as required by law with the Board of Aldermen on Monday, January 17, 1966. Committee met on January 4, 1966, reviewed and adopted the final budget for the year 1966 and this was presented to the Board of Aldermen on January 17, 1966. It may be well to note that the Budget Commission cannot change its anticipations on present sources of revenue until the collections on that source eS eS — a = SS oo SS SS Se ES SESS of revenue has exceeded the amount anticipated. It also may be well to note that each member of the Budget Commission is personally liable in the event that the collections are less than the amount of revenue anticipated.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 14, Folder 12, Document 28 Box 14 Box 14 Folder 12 Folder topic: Firemen's strike | 1966 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/a975607ff56c10eba2e5cec439cc3359.pdf 9681f56f52eac6025b14c5d60eaa27b9 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1 ' Ail~le1r11'ten Re-fi1s2 P(Jiy J /1 c) E~iT"([Jl C Funds are not now available 1 either to shorten Atl anta firemen's workweek or raise their pay. the aldermanic finance committee decided F riday. The ac~ion came afte r some 400 fi remen. their wi\·es and supporters had o\·erflo\1·ed the alclermani-: chambers at a public hearing. They a~ked that the fire departmen ·s workweek be cul to 56 · ours from the present 60 hour- and that lime and a half be paid for all hours O\'Cf 40. The finance committee took up the ·equests in executive session 2nd wow d up deciding that neither could be granted immediately without raising board salary r aises in any delaxes or the city's fi nding some partments. All members of the fin ance new source of revenue. The al dermen made l wo con- commi ttee stressed that they cessions, ho,\'ever, by adopting wer~ in sympath~ with the fi reresolutirms prom ising tlrnt : mens o b J e c t I v e s. But all (1 ) Time and a half will c1gree~I, too. \i',i,lh 1\ld. Charlie 1 henceforth be paid for firem an L,cft~vicl_i_. that t_l~~, curr_e~t CI >: 1 cal led back to duty in cmcr- b.iclo~: IS as tiC'>.. as its e, CI gency situat ions after complet- bec:11. . ,, .. _ .• _ I ing their regular GD-hour week. ComptrollcI Ch,., le,, D _a\ / s , ll was estimated this v:ill cost I told the co 1~1'.11ttee tl:at Imp.; only some ~5 000 to SlO.OOO a mrnling the ~ti~l111:..1r werk \':ou,cl ·ear ' ' requi re abou 12 adc 1t1onal fire) · mr n at an 2.nnu;1\ cost I based (2) The 56-hm~r wee!'. for fir e- on top pay s c a \ eJ of some men. will _be., given " 1 h_e first $52G,052. cons1dcrat10n in drawing up Paying time and a half o,·er next year's city budget o\'er ' any re q u c s t s for across-the- Coutinued on Page 5, Column 1 By l\I:\TIIO:-.; G.-\ T'.\'ES ·l 1'ire:rne:n Lo~e equest for .]Fe ver ]lours Continued F rom Page 1 40 hours for a 56-hour week would cost about $70-1,618 a year· and for a 60--hour week about $810,831 a year. Davis sa id . At the public hearing. Capt. J. C. Whitlr,· told the aldermen that the · city was practicing "false economy" to trai n young men as 'firefighters and then lose them a short time later to jobs with shnrtrr hours and weekends and holidays off. Sgt. J. D. Garrett pleaded fo · implementation of the firemen's requests, drclaring: "We can·t strike against you; all we can do is quit and look for some- · thing else." Longtime Atlanta businessman Sam Rothberg urged the aldermen to give the firemen a wage "that is just, fa ir and right" even if it meant increasing laxes. Jnsuranceman l\l. M. (Muggsy) Smith said an important factor is "the life hazard-w. en these men answer a fire ctill, they never know if they'll come back." � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Funds are not now available either to shorten Atlanta fire- men’s workweck or raise their pay, the alderrnanic finance committee decided Friday. The action came after some 400 firemen, their wives and supporters had overflowed the aldermanic chambers at a pub- lic hearing. They asked that the fire department's workweek be cut to 56 hours from the present 69 hours and that time and a half be paid for all hours over 40. The finance committee took up the requests in executive session and wound up deciding that neither could be granted immediately without raising Aldermen hee Firemen Shorter Hours, By MARION GAINES taxes or the cily’s finding some new source of revenue. The aldermen made two con- cessions, however, by adopting resolutions promising that: (1) Time and a half will henceforth be paid for fireman called back to duty in emer- gency situations after complet- ing their regular 60-hour week. It was estimated this will cost only some $5,000 to $10,600 a year. (2) The 56-hour week for fire- men will be given “The first consideration” in drawing up next year’s city budget over any requests for across-ihe- bra py Oy “es /it board i raises in any de- partments. All members of the finance committee stressed that they were in sympathy with the fire- men’s objectives. But all agreed, too, with Ald. Charlie) Leftwich that the current city | budget “is as tight as it’s ever been.” Comptroller Charles Davis ' told the committee that imple-- | menting the 56-hour week would require about 72 additional fire- men at an annual cost (based on top pay scale) of some $526,052. Paying time and a half over Request for Continued on Page 5, Column 1 Firemen Lose Fewer Hours Continued From Page 1 40 hours for a 56-hour week would cost about $704,618 a year and for a 60-hour week about $810,831 a year, Davis said. At the public hearing, Capt. J. C. Whitley told the aldermen thal the city was practicing “false economy” to train young men as firefighters and then Jose them a short time later to jobs with shorter hours and) weekends and holidays off. Sgt. J. D. Garrett pleaded for implementation of the firemen’s requests, declaring: ‘“‘We can't strike against you; all we can do is quit and look for some-’ thing else.” Longtime Atlanta business- man Sam Rothberg urged the aldermen to give the firemen a wage “that is just, fair and right” even if it meant increas- ing taxes. , Insuranceman M. M. (Mug- gsy) Smith said an important factor is “the life hazard—when these men answer a fire call, they never know if they'll come back,” }  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 14, Folder 12, Document 29 Box 14 Box 14 Folder 12 Folder topic: Firemen's strike | 1966 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/0298de4fc77b7931e160594e28bba34a.pdf 00bb8ebce1917b359ee0b0d5379d203e Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. DATES AND EVENTS PEBTAlNING TO FJREMEW STRIKE March 18. 1966 Public: hearing by Finance Committ e t ional A ociation of Firefighter k hour work t reque t of Local 134, Interna- (AFL - CIO). nd tune and one Firemen req ted 56 li for hour work d ov: r 40. .bit fl Se , 1966 y Lett r to Mayor frcm Robert L • .Mitchell, Atto:rn y , r pl°' nted n union known t he d con ti dvi in that h ' t1 nta Firefighter ir d to n gotiate wag Unio , Indep n• orldn , hour • of firom. n . Se Exhibits fZ thro h 110 Jun 7, 1966 return to Jun uru ongin to Fr ork. m t ord r t.o D ra of old @ion r main on Jo • • 10, 1966 Str-1 • fir m ~ 1 return to bite J le out on trike. ork~ 11 f12 y 6. 19 D • dwin •rt• Pr ai roval f City of O or 1a 't eh, aar t1r~JQ1u1.a. t • •• �g Two J\lly is. 1966 J)r.. Harri on held ea.ri n a-.Uowill firem n and City to pr nt their rgum.en-t • Se .Aug Exhibit fl 3 a 14 t ?Z, 1966 Dr . Harri cm •ubm.itted his r poz-t. Se Exhibit 15 t 23. 1966 .Au ra:i on• r port. c:ted DT . S Exhibit 16 Sep11en:u,er 2 • 19 66 itt e of Boud of .Ald rm.en inform d fir Fuq~e C t commi hour ree'1Ulmen i er Se At 11:00 cu . J ry 1~ 1967 , of not 1 •• pa. ff kekanaot'"f tion1 be • r 2. 19 6 tir r n_ew • .u A Q S The t �Page 'Ihr e union r ined on the job. September 6r l 9b6 B rd of Alderm n adopt d re olution by Finance Committe committin th City to ry incr OD .Jan 56 hour wor k ~y 1,. 1967 . 17 Se For ct U. S . Ne Clo ek and a millim.um two tep 1 r in th trike, e Exlubit 18, nd World Reert of S pt mber 19th nd Emibh #19, .. Up. a Ne • ob r tlon y Jim Rankin, da cl Octo 1st. e � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document DATES AND EVENTS PERTAINING TO FIREMEN'S STRIKE March 18, 1966 Public hearing by Finance Committee at request of Local #134, Interna- tional Aecnctation of Firefighters (AFL-CIO). Firemen requested 56 hour work week and time and one half for hours worked over 40. See Exhibit #1 May 4, 1966 Letter to Mayor from Robert L. Mitchell, Attorney, advising that he represented a new union known as'Atlanta Firefighters Union, Indepen- dent", and that he desired to negotiate wages, hours and working conditions of firemen. See Exhibits #2 through #10 June 7, 1966 Firemen belonging to new union walk out on strike. Defy court order to return to work. Members of old union remain on jobs. June 10, 1966 Striking firemen return to work. See Exhibits #11 and #12 July 6, 1966 Dr. Edwin Harrison, President of Georgia Tech, agreed to serve ad mediator with approval of City and firemen. Page Two July 25, 1966 Pr, Harrison held hearing allowing firemen and City to present their arguments. See Exhibits #13 and $14 August 22, 1966 Dr. Harrison submitted his report. See Exhibit £15 August 23, 1966 Firemen rejected Dr. Harrison's report. See Exhibit #16 September 2, 1966 Finance Committee of Board of Alddrmen informed fire representatives that the committee would recommend, effective January 1, 1967, a 56 hour work week and a salary increase of not less than two steps. The two recommendations being the equivalent of approximately a 16% salary increase. September 2, 1966 At 11:60 p.m. the firemen members of the new union again walked out on strike and defied a court order together with an order from the Chief of the Fire Department to return to work. Again the members of the old Page Three union remained on the job. September 6, 1966 Board of Aldermen adopted resolution by Finance Committee committing the City toa 56 hour work week and a minimum two step salary increase on January 1, 1967. See Exhibit #17 For two factual statements regarding the strike, see Exhibit #18, U. 5. News and World Report of September 19th and Exhibit #19, Close-Up, a News observation by Jim Rankin, dated October 1st.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 14, Folder 12, Document 3 Box 14 Box 14 Folder 12 Folder topic: Firemen's strike | 1966 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/735be74ccc5180258376e7d23f705cda.pdf 9261453ffecf56725157f3c7de01805a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ' 1-, eff i152 i~1,i1reflUcen s bt t[Ji!rtter li tni : 7 71" ~ 1 F unds 2 re not now available either to shorten Atl anta firemen's wcr"kweek or raise their pay, the alderrnanie finance comm ittee decided Friday. The ac'. ion came afler some 400 firen·.en, their wives and supporters had overnowed the aldermar: ic chambers at a public hearii-i . Thev asked tha the fire der ~ ;tmcnt's work\\·eek be cut to 5G hours from the present 60 hour:; and that time and a half be _?aid for all hours O\'er 40. The finance committee took up the requests in cxccuti\'e session 2nd wound up deciding that neHher could be granted immedi· tely without raising Q)1 -.;..,\.i.l l; QJ (;) / Ec/'11 r,--,-y)\L)J_;/ 1rr1 P tra y 1W' ii.I bl ..l.!.. IUJ.; C 3 I ? By l\L\RJO:\ GAI:\ES board salary raises in any detaxes or the city's finding some p;:irtrnents . new source of revcnt1e. All members of the fi nance The aldermen made two con- comm ittee stressed that they cessions, however, by adopting wer~ in syrnpathr with the firemens o b J e c ~ 1 v es . Bt1 t a_ll resolutions promising th at: (1 ) Tirnc and a half ,rill agreed. too. mth Ald. Charl ie I henccfortl~ be paid for fireman Lcft; ricl_i_. Iha~ }.~; c rr~~t c!'~: i called back to duty in rmcr- bud,.,~~ is as d" .,t as Its e, CJ I gency situations after comp!rl- be~n. _ , _ . .. __ _ ing their re;ul;,r GO-hour \\"C' C ; _ . Compt1 ollc1 Cha, les _a \ I s ' Jt wa 5 estimatr d thic will co:;l i told the con~m1 ltee tha t, 1mple- ! onlv some $5 000 to Sl0.000 a rncntrng the G~hou!' '.,·ec.-: wou d I · ' require about 12 ac.cht1onal f1!·eyear · rnrn at an ann1.1c1 l cost I based : (2i The 56-hour wee · for fire- 0_11 top pay s c a 1 CJ of some 1 men will be given --The first $5:2(1,052. i consideration" in drawing up Paying time and a half over next year's city budget over any r e q u cs ts for across-the- Coutinucd on rarre 5, Column 1 ? l1 'ire:n_c:n-_Lo....,e Ref nest for Fe er Hours Continued From Page 1 1 40 hours for a 5G-hour week would cost about $704,618 a year· and for a 60-hour week about $810,831 a year. Davis said. At the public hearing. Capt. J. C. \Yhi tky told the aldermen that the city ,rns practicing "false economy·• to train young men as fire fighters and then lose them a short time later to jobs with shorter hours and weekends and hol idays off. Sgt. J. D. Garrett pleaded for implementation of the firemen's r equests, decl aring : "We can't strike against you; all we can do is quit and look for something else." Long!irne Atlanta businessman Sam n othbcrg urged the aldPrmen to give the firemen a wage "that is just, fair and right" even if it meant increasing taxes. lnsuranerman M. M. (tTuggsy) Smith said an important fa ctor is " the life hazard- when these men answer a fire ctll, tltcy never knr,w if they'll com back." · � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Aldermen Re Shorter Hours, Hx Funds 2re not now available either to shorten Atlanta fire- men’s workweek or raise their pay, the aldermanic finance committee decided Friday. The action came after some 400 firemen, their wives and supporters had overflowed the aldermanie chambers at a pub- lic hearing. They asked that the fire department's workweek be cut to 56 hours from the present 60 hours and that time and a half be paid for all hours over 40. The finance committee took up the requests in executive session and wound up deciding that neither could be granted immediately without raising a Va — £. it By MARION GAINES taxes or the cily’s finding some new source of revenue. The aldermen made two con- cessions, however, by adopting resolutions promising that: (1) Time and a half will henceforitr be paid for fireman called back to duty in emer- gency situations after comp!ct- ing their regular 60-hour week. It was estimated this will cast only some $5,009 to $10,000 a year. (2) The 56-hour week for fire- men will be given “The first consideration” in drawing up next year’s city budget over any requests for across-the- Furemen Era Fa ra, Pay fD board salary raises in any de- partments. All members of the finance committee stressed that they were in sympathy with the fire- men’s objectives. But all agreed, too, with Ald. Charlie Leftwich that the current city budget “is as tight as it’s ever been.” | | Comptroller Charles Davis’ ‘told the committee that imple- | menting the 56-hour week would | require about 72 additional fire-! men at an annual cost (based | 3026,052. — on top pay scale) of some Paying time and a half over Continued on Page 5, Column 1 I‘ iemen Lose Request for Fewer Hours Continued From Page 1 40 hours for a 56-hour week would cost about $704,618 a year’ and for a 60-hour week about $810,831 a year, Davis said. At the public hearing, Capt. J. C. Whitley told the aldermen that the city was practicing “false economy” to train young men as firefighters and then lose them a short time later to jobs with shorter hours and weekends and holidays off. Sgt. J. D. Garrett pleaded for implementation of the firemen’s requests, declaring: “We can't strike against you; all we can do is quit and look for some-’ thing else.” Longtime Atlanta business- man Sam Rothberg urged the aldermen to give the firemen a wage “that is just, fair and right” even if it meant increas- ing taxes. ; Insuranceman M. M. (Mug- gsy) Smith said an important factor is “the life hazard—when these men answer a fire | they never know if they'll come back.” a oy  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 14, Folder 12, Document 30 Box 14 Box 14 Folder 12 Folder topic: Firemen's strike | 1966 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/53c5be980d78b53137013c2277a664c3.pdf 835c5a067f36f8aecb157ea443963676 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. BY BOARD OF FIR~MASTERS WHEREAS, employees of the Atlanta Fire Department have asked the Mayor and Board of Aldermen for a reduction of hours in the· work week and for an increase in hourly pay for City Firemen; and WHEREAS, the Finance Committee of the Board of Alderm.en conducted a public hearing on March 18., 1966 to determine the Cityts financial ability to grant furth er pay increases and shorter hours to Fire Department personnel; and WHEREAS, the Committee approved a provision for overtime pay at a rate of one and one ..half times the regular rate of pay to Firemen who are called back on duty in an emergency after having worked 60 hours in that particular week; and WHEREAS, the Finance Committee, Mayor and Board of Aldermen pledged to give first preference to reducing the work week in formulating the 1967 Budget before any over-all salary is considere~ for employees and officers of the City: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen do hereby reaffirm the above s t ated action and pledge . to take positive action within the budg etary and administrative capability of the City when preparing the ove rall City budget for 1967. �C RTI I RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF FIREMASTERS D Reaffirrn.ing previous a ction of Board of A ld e rm e n and pledging positive ac tion w ithin the budgetary and a dministrative capability of the City w hen preparing the overall City Budget for 1967. ~If /., ' //--(7?/'1 ,--__I~ . ·,- :, / /.,,--;I - l\ , / , ;-, - _..,,---7-.Z,. ,.__..,""'\ .. v ?~/ l / ' v -I -- Wm . T. Knight, ChairfUan Boar d of Fir emaste rs/ . J a ck Summers / · Q. V. W illiams on \ C e cil Turne r .. • t\DOPTED BY DOARD OF ALDER MEri JUN 6 1966 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Le eee tore = —_—_————_——_—_—_——— BY BOARD OF FIREMASTERS WHEREAS, employees of the Atlanta Fire Department have asked the Mayor and Board of Aldermen for a reduction of hours in the work week and for an increase in hourly pay for City Firemen; and WHEREAS, the Finance Committee of the Board of Aldermen | conducted a public hearing on March 18, 1966 to determine the City's financial ability to grant further pay increases and shorter hours to Fire Department personnel; and WHEREAS, the Committee approved a provision for overtime pay ata rate of one and one~half times the regular rate of pay to Firemen who are called back on duty in an emergency after having worked 60 hours in that particular week; and WHEREAS, the Finance Committee, Mayor and Board of Aldermen pledged to give first preference to reducing the work week in formulating the 1967 Budget before any over~all salary is considered for employees and officers of the City: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen do hereby reaffirm the above stated action and pledge to take positive action within the budgetary and administrative capability of the City when preparing the overall City budget for 1967, | CERTIFIED —~ UN 6 1966, KC tf ee re eel President Board of Aiderexca \ — - RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF FIREMASTERS Reaffirming previous action of Board of Aldermen and pledging positive action within the budgetary and administrative capability of the City when preparing the overall City Budget for 1967. * a f é - ; ee Oe Lt ji : 4 Wig POPP at AA Wm. T. Knight, Chaitman NS Board of Firemasters./ . eck tae yf PULL. Jack Summers Q. V. Williamson Se a Sa Cecil Turner BOARD OF ALDERMEN JUN 6 1966 *  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 14, Folder 12, Document 31 Box 14 Box 14 Folder 12 Folder topic: Firemen's strike | 1966 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/0e00544c861f2a1499acf2202e2dc89f.pdf b644fc9a946f8544d5a58558910956f0 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. September 6, 1966 RESOLUTION BY \\ FINANCE COMMITTEE: WHEREAS, the members of the Atlanta Fire Department requested the City of Atlanta to reduce their work week from 60 hours to 48 hours immediately and to increase the salaries paid all firemen by 10%, effective September 1, 1966, and that said 10% increa.s e would be in addition to any salary or wage increases granted by the City to other employees of the City, and · WHEREAS, the Finance Committee, after carefully reviewing the financia l position of the City, the legal limits placed on the City, a nd the revenue raising measures to be adopted, recommends that the following resolution be adopted by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA as follows: 1. That, effective January 1, 1967, the fire fighting personnel of the Atlanta Fire Department be placed on a · three-platoon system and the work week of firemen be reduced from 60 hours per week to 56 hours per week. 2. That sufficient positions will be creat ed on October 1, 1966 in the Fire Department and that personnel will be recruited as quickly as possible to implement the 56-hour work week effective January 1, 1967. 3. That a salary increase of not less than two steps will be granted to all fire fighting personnel effective January 1, 1967. )~ That, effective January 1, 1967, the basic salaries paid uniformed police personnel will be increased to equal the salary increases granted firemen. 5. That salary and wage increases will be granted to all other City employees consistent with the financial capability of the City, t~king into consideration the salary and wage study now being conducted by Public Administration Service. �CERT IFIED RESOLUTION BY FINANCE co~~1ITTEE: Pled ging the cr ea tion of sufficient positions eff e ctive October 1, 1966 wit hin the Departmen t of Fire to i mpl eme nt 56-ho ur work week by J a nuary 1, 1967, a nd pledging s a l a ry incr ea ses f or fire fi ghting personne l , uniformed police personne l, and other City emp loyees 3 effective J anuary 1, 1 96 7. " /lt..DE..i<MA AI VoT £ u G /c...t... > /IM /Vo SEP � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document September 6, 1966 RESOLUTION BY FINANCE COMMITTEE: WHEREAS, the members of the Atlanta Fire Department requested the City of Atlanta to reduce their work week from 60 hours to 48 hours immediately and to increase the salaries paid all firemen by 10%, effective September 1, 1966, and that said 10% increase would be in addition to any salary or wage increases granted by the City to other employees of the City, and — WHEREAS, the Finance Committee, after carefully reviewing the financial. position of the City, the legal limits placed on the City, and the revenue raising measures to be adopted, recommends that the following resolution be adopted by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA as follows: 1. That, effective January 1, 1967, the fire fighting personnel of the Atlanta Fire Department be placed on a three-platoon system and the work week of firemen be reduced from 60 hours per week to 56 hours per week. 2. That sufficient positions will be created on October 1, 1966 in the Fire Department and that personnel will be recruited as quickly as possible to implement the 56-hour work week effective January 1, 1967. 3. That a salary increase of not less than two steps will be granted to all fire fighting personnel effective January 1, 1967. fs That, effective January 1, 1967, the basic salaries paid uniformed police personnel will be increased to equal the salary increases granted firemen. 5. That salary and wage increases will be granted to all other City employees consistent with the financial capability of the City, taking into considera~ tion the salary and wage study now being conducted by Public Administration Service.  = RESOLUTION BY FINANCE COMMITTEE, Pledging the creation of sufficient positions effective October 1, 1966 within the Depart- ment of Fire to implement 56-hour work week by January 1, 1967, and pledging salary increases for fire fighting per- sonnel, uniformed police personnel, and other City employees, effective January 1, 1967. BOARD OF ALDERMEN SEP 6 (866_'  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 14, Folder 12, Document 32 Box 14 Box 14 Folder 12 Folder topic: Firemen's strike | 1966 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/9c30f34027474062c869fd1e3b93a20f.pdf 9c1e779aaebbceff730b3c5e898f4f6f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. • •- . T; ' l •• .,...., ·... .a...1.v,, .. tl ::.nta, 1In 19 6 2 _111 de y, rt. :.e,.t :J of t,~;e City of exco1>t t I1e i'ir·e i.Jepa rt1.:cnt ui.d t.heir •i ·ori< \·,eek shortened to f art y or forty-four ~1ours, a :1d The :£: ·:bers of t he , ..tls.n t~ l-'ire .0epc:i.rt~ent cave not ht:..d a re d uction of .hours since the _lan of I r.1;>rove ,.:ent in Janu'.-; ry 1952, and \Ti.d ::......s, Tte City of r.tlar:t:i, i:i the ;:1utter of r e,~u.ir-ed vmr l<:: v:eek for ·:.he 1-' ire :Je9art:·~cnt, .c..as not h:er.;t pace ·. :ith establisr..ed ;-ractices in \Other :·:..a jor cities in ·the coun try, ~nd l'he Gity of .. ~tlo.:--. to. . :ersonri.el :: oar:i 1ms e 11couL.tered .c;reat diffic.~l~ ~.,. in procur inc &r.d ret&ininG qu& lif ied a pp lic -:.r;. ts f or tL.e ..:'ire ..;e i;& rt ..•c-.; nt, C:.ue l •. r ;·_ 8ly to ti1c lou. \ ;ork v;oeL, now therefore be it .ci-12.t tile .- :.ayor ~1.d. .. 02 .:-d of .. lder ..•eI: of the City of .: .tl.:.nt & eridor,sc, reco -.1 ·1el~d and est2.blish by O.l.'C;.i:wnce coverint': t lle .:? ir·e .uepart;:1cr1t, a .~.iaxi:,!UJi v1ork ·,1eek 01' fifty-six hours (as tae first step in esta blisllinr· a forty hour hori:: v1eok for the .fire .Je~')21rt;r.t::n t), i.md be it further I'ha t such 1.-.:a::~ir.:u:1 s tandar(is be establisned '. .'ithout reductiot in ';;8,Y, and be it furtD.er 'ihqt in estatlisi1in7. a · fifty-six hour \ :ork week, the tli.ree pl(:toon systen .: ,t inauc urated., one plc... toon \·var ki:i::. t .ce 6. c..y S!dft, one ;,.L. toon v.'orkin[..:; t:~e r.. i c_. ht sl1ift, ::·rid one 1,J~atoon bein(.__. off, each 1..-,orLL1c four da J s ar..J · bein.; off t\ ;o dc..y s, t . e cycle tcl\. in:~ a p ) roxi. £ tely 12 weeks to complete, at which ti1 e it would becin a.ne•.-.: and be it further 'l'hc.t the fiftj'-six hour v.,orh v:ee k be established with e .:.ch _;)l ~~ toon r:.a i ntuininf: its p resent structure a nd co1:;,pli r:1cn t o f officers, e.11 r~in eers, drivers, tille r :':;en, etc, v1hich is now i.a effect with t he tt ,o plc:toon system. adopted at ~!.. e rGeetin s of tr..e ~x.ecu tive · .::oard of Loc al ;/1J4 lnternE:tional .. ~ssoci £:.ti on of i ire .Jt i i, hters oc ..;ece:~.ber 29, 196) ?JlQ, q ~~iJ:'OVed by t,Ltj full body on Janu:...ry 4, a~ld .7anu~ry 11, 1966 . ; · u . ~lc.<.'vl.F,, .President � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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TP eae Toe ded ede hh gy tay r ‘ rund y weblel tak ww a fs Tanta ’ RLSOLV.D, RLGOLVLD, TLGOLVLD, TreGOLV:D, 4 In 1962 :ll dedurt.cits of tue City of ..tisnta, ‘except the sire Veparti:ent uad their vornk week shortened to forty or forty-four aours, aad Tne re::bers of the «stlantu fire vepartlent fave not had a reduction of hours since the .lan of Inproverent in Janusry 1952, and The City of »tlanta, in the matter of retuired work week for the Fire Department, cas not kept pace with establisned practices in other s2jor cities in the country, and he Gity of atlonta wersonnel coarad nas eucoun- tered «reat difficulty in procuring ana reteining guelified applicints for tie sire sevart.uent, due lirs.ely to tne lon vork weei, now therefore be it Thet the “ayor end woard of -.lder.en of the City of -tlanta endorse, reco wiend and establish by ordinence covering tae sire venartisent, a maxi- mwi work week of fifty-six hours (as the first step in establishin:: a forty hour work week for the rire Jepartwent), snd de it further fhat such waxiimun standards be establisned .ithe out reduction in cay, and be it furtuer that in establishiny a fifty-six nour vork week, the tiree plstoon system ce inaugurated, one platoon workin: tre cay snift, one ¢:latoon worke ing tae night shift, cad one piatoon bein, ofr, each working four days and bein; off tiio days, tie cycle tekins anproxi.ately 12 weeks to com- plete, at which tire it would begin anew and be it further Thet the fifty-six hour work veek be established with each platoon raintaining its present struc- ture and compliaent of officers, engincers, drivers, tillersen, etc, which is now in effect with tue tivo platoon systeii. dopted at tue meeting, of tre uxecutive’coard of Local i,134 interne tional «association of sire #izhters on veceber 29, 1965 and ayoroved by tie full body on Januury 4, and January 11, 1966 Vl 4 yee : es na aii ride  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 14, Folder 12, Document 33 Box 14 Box 14 Folder 12 Folder topic: Firemen's strike | 1966 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/1e49242b287ea2c84ff880839c4486a2.pdf 5980d95ad8a04779c3e6dab749c94ddf Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. -~----~-------i-----:---.-:-143.215.248.55--------------·------i ....:.:.'J OLU'..,' I Oi', ~d-~..:...tili, 'I1he foI'ty hour i,,, o rk v1e e:c has beco~ e the acce1Jted sta n da1·d \iOr k v,re e k in indust r y , city, coun t y, stat e , and federal a c encies in all parts of t he Unit ed ~tates 1 and ·1 :r.GJ,.1..-·~ s. Like the de velop:~,ont i n ii..c.lustry, the forty hour work week or ev e n shorter vrork wee k s ho.ve bcco ;:10 t ile sta uda rd re ~J uire::-ients in the federal c ov er rL::ent I in a naj ori ty, of the s t a te s c.nd n e :. .:. rl~r all of trJ. e l a r::::e cities and. co untie s in public e,.'.l,Ploy~:-;,ent recof nized as pa rt of the better eoverLed units in our country , and ·. :}lLI-,~·.1.s, 'l1 he red uc ti on i n hollr s of v,; ork has b~en achieved in all instances without reduction of pay, now the refore be it 1-J:.~0LV~D, 'r.h[;; ·t all v;orl~ p erf or1.i.8 d by fire fi c-,.ht ers of the .... tla n t a ./ i r o Je;:, ;-.1rta ,n t in excess of forty (40) h our s in ar;.y on e weelc, be compensc=: ted c.. t t i:.e +ate of ti me aud one-half of the esta blished rate of pay . i ~dopted at the :t1 eeting of the .... ~"e cut ive ::3oard of Local i lJ.4 Interns. tional J~ssocia tion of ~·ire  ? ig hter s on Decenbor 29 , 1965 and a .~.Grov ed by the full body on Janu&ry 4, and J·a.'1w..:.ry 11 , 1966 . / ·- � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Text Any textual data included in the document Wish oad, Vi writs) a ELSOLVLD, 1 SOLU STON The forty hour work weex has become the accepted standard work week in industry, city, county, state, and federal agencies jn all parts of the United states, and Like the develop:ient in iutdustry, the forty hour work week or even shorter work weeks have become the standard reyuirements in the federal governient, in a majority of the states and neurly all of tne larsfe cities and counties in public e.aployient recognized as part of the better governed units in our country, and “he reduction in hours of work has been achieved in all instances witaout reduction of pay, now therefore be it Thet all work perfor:ed by fire fignaters of the atlanta aire Jepuarticnt in excess of forty (40) Sours in any one week, be com~ pensated at the rate of time and one-half of the established rate of pay. Adopted at the meeting of the wxecutive soard of Local #134 International association of #ire Fignters on December 29, 1965 end enoroved by tie full body on Januery 4, and Januery 11, 1966. ? . 4 a weiVal., resident  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 14, Folder 12, Document 34 Box 14 Box 14 Folder 12 Folder topic: Firemen's strike | 1966 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/28aa0fe4c3b2cf113141a90be27e9ae7.pdf 62760dc80d8b259543c456674914b87b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. REG ARDING THE RI:SOLUTI ON S THAT WERE ADOPTED BY THE INTERNATI01 AL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FI GHTERS AN D REFERRE D TO THE FIN Af'CE CO~MITTLE ON FE BRUARY 7 , 1966 WITH THE REQUEST FOR A PUBLIC HEARI NG ON MARCH 18, CERTI FIED 2 1 1966 1966. j; \\ l ~ 111-,€.D 11ecwn;.:w43Y OAR D OF ALDERM EN MAR 2 l _1966 . - � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document REGARDING THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE ADOPTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS AND REFERRED TO THi FINANCE COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 7, 1966 WITH THE REQUEST FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON MARCH 18, 1966, ae Fir EP AESTEBSY = MARZ 1 1966 * BOARD OF ALDERMEN Pa CERTIFIED MAR 21 1966 President Bord of Aldormaa  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 14, Folder 12, Document 35 Box 14 Box 14 Folder 12 Folder topic: Firemen's strike | 1966 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/1bbcd78a328a4655fa8e5e8bd0c512cd.pdf 2c7ef1fe1f3ab95b060e4774a8374e72 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. March 21, 1966 The Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen City of Atlanta, Georgia Gentlemen: The Finance Committee met and reviewed the following resolutions which were adopted on December 29, 1965 by the International Association of Fire Fir,hters, Local No. 134 1 and referred by the Board of Aldermen on February 7, 1966 to the Finance Committee: (A) A resolution requestinR that the City of Atlanta reduce the work week of firemen from 60 hours to 56 hours and to adopt a three-platoon system to implement same. (B) A resolution requesting overtime pay at the rate of time and one half to firemen for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours a week. At the request of the Board of Aldermen, the Committee conducted a public hearing on Friday, March 18, 1966 at 2:00 P. M., in which ten people spoke favorably upon the request of the International Association of Fire Fignters. The Finance Committee reviewed a communication from Mayor Allen, who is Chairman of the Budget Commission, to Mr. John A. White regarding the anticipation of City of Atlanta General Fund revenues and the consistency with which the anticipations have been established for the last several years. The Mayor also advised the Finance Committee that the revenue anticipations cannot be revised upward after having been filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen unless a new source of revenue is f ound or an existing source of revenue is increased. The Committee also reviewed a report prepared by the City Comptroller regarding the cost of implementing a 56-hour work week, ·using the three-platoon system, for the firemen and the cost of paying time and one half as overtime f or any hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week. The Committee determined that if these two requests were granted, the annual cost would exceed $1,100,000. After due and caref ul considerat i on, the Committee determined that there were no funds on hand and available at this time to implement either or both of the requests made by the International Association of Fire Fighters. L ~..(f(' \) '--i - Therefore, it is with regret that the Committee i s forced to file an adverse report with your Honorable Body pe rtain ing t o these requestsr however, the Committee/pledges that it will give first preference to reducinp the work weekof- firemen in formulating the ·1 957 Budget before any over-all salary increase is c onsidered for employees and officers of the City. (F..&_FS...J ,,; ~~ �l - 2 - The Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen March 21, 1966 The Committee approved a provision for ove rtime pay at the rate of one and one half times the rep,ular rate of pay to firemen who are called buck on duty in an emergency after having worked 60 hours in that particular week. Respectfully submitted, � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document ~ is aacea) * March 21, 1966 The Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen City of Atlanta, Georgia Gentlemen: The Finance Committee met and reviewed the following resolutions which were adopted: on December 29, 1965 by the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local No. 134, and referred by the Board of Aldermen on February 7, 1966 to the Finance Committee: (A) A resolution requesting that the City of Atlanta reduce the work week of firemen from 60 hours to 56 hours and to adopt a three-platoon system to implement same, (B) A resolution requesting overtime pay at the rate of time and one half to firemen for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours a week, At the request of the Board of Aldermen, the Committee conducted a public hearing on Friday, March 18, 1966 at 2:00 P, M., in which ten people spoke favorably upon the request of the International Association of Fire Fighters. The Finance Committee reviewed a communication from Mayor Allen, who is Chairman of the Budget Commission, to Mr. John A, White regarding the anticipation of City of Atlanta General Fund revenues and the consistency with which the anticipations have been established for the last several years, The Mayor also advised the Finance Committee that the revenue anticipations cannot be revised upward after having been filed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen unless a new source of revenue is found or an existing source of revenue is increased, The Committee also reviewed a report prepared by the City Comptroller regard- ing the cost of implementing a 56-hour work week, using the three-platoon system, for the firemen and the cost of paying time and one half as overtime for any hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week. The Committee determined that if these two requests were granted, the annual cost would exceed $1,100,000, After due and careful consideration, the Committee determined that there were no funds on hand and available at this time to implement either or both of the requests made by the International Association of Fire Fichters. Therefore, it is with regret that the Committee is forced to file an adverse report with your Honorable Body pertaining to these requests; however, the Committee%pledges that it will give first preference to reducing the work weék of firemen in formulating the 1967 Budget before any over-all salary increase is considered for employees and officers of the City. ee au soning iin 7 Soe Teer Tr er eas a aa eee The Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen March 21, 1966 The Committee approved a provision for overtime pay at the rate of one and one half times the regular rate of pay to firemen who are called back on duty in an emergency after having worked 60 hours in that particular week, Respectfully submitted, CMe Ney iL Ly ite Bn U2 WHE JL; J te? fe Li le os on £ VM 4 al Hee2 A. sg ——, / x C/.> Loar y c ) Bin Ann. ae, Je J \S { be oe oat , " A Se CN * eo! 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Title A name given to the resource Box 14, Folder 12, Document 36 Box 14 Box 14 Folder 12 Folder topic: Firemen's strike | 1966 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/19c4d80f151ad041a56b1ac69d3d7d4f.pdf 58c22695374b7d2687d661b7c419f9f3 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. . . .. f""' (." ... i.,. ... ·..... ...:~...., In 1962 ~~11 cle_ih rt. iCi'. t !.3 of t1; e City of .• tl ::.ntu, except t!1e :r' ir·e .Jep a rti.:cnt lJad their 1i·or.i< \ ,eek shortened to fort y or forty-four ~1ours, a :1d The :£1.:bers of t h0 ,.t1,:..n t .... l:'ire ..Jepc:.rt...;ent nave not h&d a reduction of hours since the _ lan of In~rove ,::ent in Janu:-: ry 1952, and TLe City of ,·.. tlar:t!:l, i!l the ~1atter of re :-~·. 1ired VJOri< v;eek for ·::, he 1·' ire .i)epart:·:ent, i:as not h:e~.,t pace •. :1th establisr.ed _;:,ractices in other 1:·:ajor 1 cities in the country, &nd .. l.u:J.u..;·-. s, l'he Ciity of ~-.. tlor;. tct ~:·ers.::inr.el :,oaru. 1ms e n cour~tered r-;rea t dif f ic.~l :.:t in 1~rocur inc ar.d ret&ininG qu&li:'ied api)liC"}Lts ror tLe :.?ire ...;ei,;}rt ..•c nt, C:.Lle L r -~-.ely to tlw lou F~~vLV.:.D, ,;:orh: vrneL, now tii.erefore be it 1'12..t the .·.:ayor ~. lid •. o:::rd of .. lder ..•e1: of the City of ;_._tlc.n t& endorse, r.eco ~.1 ·1ei~d and est2. blish by ordi:-1c:nce coverintt: t :ie ~"ir·e LJepart;::i. Gr~t, a .-.iaxi~.~UJ i v1ork •;-:eek 01' fifty-six hours (as tne first step in establishin::.- a forty hour v-ior.i: week for the .fire 0e_part..:r..t:n t), ,rnd 'be it further ·.i.1 H.::..LOLV.i..D, I'ha t such i..:axiL:u..:n s tandar(ls be este.blisned ". :ithout reduction in -;,ay, and be it furtner r....LOLV.LU, 'il1:1t in establisi1in7 a fifty-six hour \ :ork '\,\'eek, the tlll'ee IJlE: toon syste!1 •-' t inaut :ura tcd, one pl<:. toon v.- or ki:i::. t .r4e c. ay sHift, one .i~L. toon v.,orkin~~ t:..e r. i r ht sl,ift, c..Ld one iiiatoon beinL off~ each v,or l-.: L1c four da:;r s ar..J· bein:; off t\ i O dc.y s, t.ae cycle tck in~.:; a p ) roxi.,£ tely 12 weeks to complete, at which ti1 e it would bee in anev, ar.d be 1 t further Ii.i...SOLV..::.D. 'l'hc.t the fifty-six. hour v. or~ v:eek be established with ec.ch ;il:·; toon !':.' aintuininf its _present struc- ture a nd c0Gpli r,1en t of · officers, en r,ineers, drivers, till e r '. ';en, etc, Hhich is nov; i.a effect with tlle tuo pl2toon syste;11. adopted at t!le rc.eetin e; of tee :...xecu tive · .=:oz.rd of Local ;,·1J4 Interru::tional .. lssoci~tion of :;; ire li1-- hters on ..1ece::. ber 29, 1965 and a_p£)J.'OVed by t,Le full bodJT Janu:....ry 4, a~1d .;anu~ry 11, 1966 on _ ,. v • 1ic:i:VW°< , .l-'r e si dent � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document ew = 7 ’ - > <" ‘we dd ede Rh Rite 6 . deal y ‘thd aS " tad ? RLCULVD, HLSOLVLD, TLGOLViD, DeGOLV:D, 4 11, 1966 In 1962 .:11 desart.cits oF tue City of ..tisnta, except the fire Vepartiu:ent wad their vorK week shortened to forty or forty-four ours, aid Tne re:ibers of the «tlanta lire vepartrent fave not had a reduction of hours since the -lan of mproverent in Janusry 1952, and The City of atlanta, in the :satter of re‘uired work week for she rire Department, cas not kept pace with establisned practices in other\:2jor cities in tne country, and Lhe City of atlanta Jersonnel coarad nas enucoulg tered «reat difficulty in procuring ana retaining qualified applicints for the sire separt.icnt, cue lirzely to tne lon work weei:, now therefore be it thet the Juayor cnd .oard of ..lder.en of the City of =: tlanta endorse, recouieid and establish by ordinence covering the tire vepart:sent, a maxi- mui work week of fifty-six hours (as tne first step in estadlishin: a forty hour work week for the rire vepartiwent), and de it further That such waximun standards be esteblisned with- out reduction in say, and be it furtéer that in establishins a fifty-six nour vork week, the tiree platoon system ve inaugurated, one platoon Workin: tre Gay suift, one ¢latoon worke- ing the night shift, and one piatoon bein. off, eacn working four days and bein:;; off tiio days, tue cycle tcekins anproxi.ately 12 weeks to com- plete, at which tiie it would bej;in anew and be it further het the fifty-six hour vork week be established with each plitoon raintaining its present struc- ture and complizent of officers, ensincers, drivers, tillerren, etc, which is now in effect with tie two platoon system. .dopted at tue meeting, of tre uxecutive’ soard of Local j;134 interne tional «issociation of sire #i.hters on veceber 29, 1965 anda boroved by tie full body on Januury 4, and January OM Yiher. Ue Ue biceViLR, President r = eee  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 14, Folder 12, Document 37 Box 14 Box 14 Folder 12 Folder topic: Firemen's strike | 1966 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/662cf920315ba13b56f3c3f2050ef10e.pdf 5b6c782e399a665c3a3e8ec4365ff7dc Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. The fol'ty hour i., o rk v,ee:,;: has beco!ne the acce11ted standard -..wrk week in industry, city, county , state, and federal acencies in all parts of the United ~tates, and ,, Li ke the dev el op:-;.ont in ii.clustry, the forty hour work week or even shorter work weeks hnve b<:.!co ;:le t .iie standard re~1ui r·e~1ents in the federal c ov ern1::ent , in a f.lB..j ori ty of the ot a tes and. ne:1r1~, all of the larce cities ar..d. co unti es in _public e ..1ploy.'.':~ent recofn ized as pa rt of the better tover~ed units in our country , and 'l1 he reduction i n hours of v.:ork bas been achieved in all instances witnout reduction of pay, now therefore be it l·,.l;$0LV~1), 'rh::.;t, all v;ork perfor1.i.0d by fire fi bhters of tile -.1.tlan t;a ./ ire J el')artctCn t in excess of forty (4-0) hot...rs in any on e week, be compensr:.ted c. t tiie ;rate of time ar.i.d one-half of the established rate of pay • .:\dopted at _the r:1eeting of the .... xe cut ive :.3oard of Local il34 Intern.a. tional J1.ssocia ti on of ~'ir e  ?ie n·ters on December 29, 1965 and a.8 p r ove d by t iie full body on Janue.ry 4, and Janllc..:.r y 11, 1966. ., 1.ci.V.J~, .?re si ci.ent / ' � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document wihiuh snd > \ ict. -LiS i “Fuk Vd g inESOLVLD, iwoOLUT TO. The forty hour work weex has become tke accepted standard work week in industry, city, county, state, and federal agencies in all parts of the United utates, and Like the developent in iudustry, the forty hour work week or even shorter work weeks have become the standard reyuirements in the federal government, in a majority of the states and neurly all of the larre cities and counties in public e.aploy-ient recognized as part of the better governed units in our country, and The reduction in hours of work has been achieved in all instances witaout reduction of pay, now therefore be it Thet all work perfor:ied by fire fignters of tune «atlanta wire Jeparticnt in excess of forty (40) aours in any one week, be conm-~ pensated ct tie rate of time and one-half of the established rate of pay. Adopted at the meeting of the wxecutive soard of Local #134 International association of #ire Fignters on Decenber 29, 1965 end anoroved by the full body on January 4, and Januery 11, 1966. LYM LA oe wCuVal., resident  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 14, Folder 12, Document 38 Box 14 Box 14 Folder 12 Folder topic: Firemen's strike | 1966 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/84f75f1462078ffee0439d8016336184.pdf d0a28ab889a2c8997eef1546c6f2e6ac Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. REGARDrnr, THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE ADOPTE D BY THE INTERNATIONA L ASSOCIATION OF FI RE FIGHTERS AND REFERRCD 70 THE FINAN CE COMMITTEE ON FEERUARY 7, 1 966 ,-/ITH THE REQ UES T FOR A PUB LI C HEARI NG ON MARCH 1 8, CERTlcl~D 1966. \\ __ . . .. - l· ..' ,.~.av OARD OF ALDERf-.1EN MAR 2 1 1966 .f• • • � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Title A name given to the resource Box 14, Folder 12, Document 4 Box 14 Box 14 Folder 12 Folder topic: Firemen's strike | 1966 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/bb3722ed5faef24072060b925c07949a.pdf 83e81ab0449ad68ca2c727e1ae88b4b2 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. lfl (iv<' ·f!·,w ~.. l[]) 1ray iLJ -A; ~ ti <UL ll v .u · \1 C 3 /l c) · Funds are not now avail able either to shorten Atlanta firemen's workweek or r aise their pay, lhe aldermanic finance committee dec ided Fri day. The action came after som e 400 firemen, their wives and ' supporters had overflowed th e aldermanic ch ambe r at a public hearing. They asked that the fire departm ent 's workweek be cut to 5G hours from the present 60 hours and that time and a half be paid for all hours o,·cr 1 4d. The fin ance committee look up the requests in executi,·e session and wound up dec iding that neither could be granted immediately without r aising By l\IAR IO!\' GAJ:i\ES board salary r aises in any delaxes or the city's find ing some partmen ls. new source of rcn!nuc. All members of the fi nance Th e aldermen made two con- commi ttee stressed that they cessions, however, by adopting ~rer~ in sy~1path~ v:ilh the fireresolutions prom .sin g th at: mern ob J e c ~ r v cs . But a_ll (1 ) Tim e and a half ,rill agreed, too, mth .- Id . Charlie henceforth be paid for firem an L,ef ~ncl,1, _th at !_} t c rrre~t c'.ty called b;.ick lo dut,· in emer- 1b.1d .,.,~~ is as ti <>h. as its e, er gency situations aft.er compLt- 1be~n . . 11 .,~ • ... ,,. , • , ing their regu lar GO-h our wee ·. . ,complro .._'-' ,ch:t!·~~? .a , ;~ lt was estimated thi s \':ill cost lOJd the co,n_n.1t ce l ·"' imp.e only some $5 000 to Sl0.000 a Dl l'illlll g th e ~6- lOllr week \',OU!ci · ' · · rcq 11l!"e abr,ut 72 ac!cl1t1onal fireycc1r. men at an ,rnn ua l cost ( based (2J Th e 5G-hour week for fire- o_n lop pay s ca I CJ of some men ,1·ill be given "The fi rst $526,052 . consideration·• in clra\\· ing up Paying lime and a half over next year 's city budget o\·er any r e q u e s t s for across-the- Conlinucc on Page 5, Col umn 1 for ~·e \'ver Hours Continued From Page 1 40 hours for a 56-h ou r week would co.;t about $704,618 a year· and for a CO-hour week abou $310,331 a yea r. Davis sa id. At the publiC' hear ing. Capt. J. C. Whitl ey told the aldermc th at lhe city l':as practicing "false economy" to train youn mr n K firefighters and the losr lh crn a short ti me later to job wi th shorter hours ar. wee ,ench anc holidays off. I S6 t. J. D. Garr ett pleaded fr-!' irnplem cnt .1tion of the fi remen· requests, dec laring: "\Ve can·t strike ag;iinst you; all we can do is quit and look for someth ing el , c." Longtime Allanla businc. c man Sam Rothberg urged aldenmn to give the fireme n a wage "that is just, fair a right" even if it meant increasing laxes . Insuranrrman l\T. M. (l\f gg,-;y) Smith sai d an imporlant factor is '·the life hazcird- -\ · n th ese mPn answer a fire ~ J they nt\. r kw,w if they 'll c ~ back." I � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Funds are not now available either to shorten Atlanta fire- men’s workweek or raise their pay, the aldermanie finance committee decided Friday. The action came after some }400 firemen, their wives and ,supporters had overflowed the aldermanic chambers at a pub- lic hearing. They asked that the fire department‘s workweek be cut to 56 hours from the present 60 hours and that time and a th be paid for all hours over 4 The finance committee took up the requests in executive session and wound up deciding that neither could be granted immediately without raising Aldermen Refuse Firemen Shorter Hours, By MARION GAINES taxes or the city’s finding some new source of revenue, The aldermen made two con- cessions, however, by adopting resolutions promising that: (1) Time and a half will henceforth be paid for fireman called back to duty in emer- gency situations after complet- ing their regular 69-hour week. It was estimated this will cost only some $5,000 to $10,600 a} year. (2) The 56-hour week for fire- men will be given “The first consideration” in drawing up next year’s city budget over any requests for across-the- extra Pay a 3//9 board salary raises in any de- partments. All members of the finance committee stressed that they were in sympathy with the fire- men’s objectives. But all agreed, too, with Ald. Charlie Leftwich that the current city budget “is as tight as it's ever been.” Comptroller Charles Davis! told the committee that imple- menting the 46-hour week would require about 72 additional fire- men at an annual cost (based on top pay scale) of some $526,052. Paying time and a half over Continued on Page 5, Column 1 | - Firemen Los® fn Request for Fewer Hours Continued From Page 1 40 hours for a 56-hour week would cost about $704,618 a year’ and for a 60-hour weck about $510,831 a year, Davis said, At the public hearing, Capt. J. C. Whitley told the aldermen that the city was practicing “false economy” to train young men as firefighters and then lose them a short time later te jobs with shorter hours and! weekends and holidays off. _ Sgt. J. D. Garrett pleaded for implementation of the firemen’s requests, declaring: “We can’t strike against you: all we ean do is quit and look for some-. thing else.” Longtime Atlanta business- man Sam Rothberg urged the aldermen to give the firemen a wage “that is just, fair and right” even if it meant increas- Ing taxes. Insuranceman M. M. (Mug- &sy) Smith said an important factor is “the life hazard—when these men answer a fire eall, ee never know if they'll come ack,” i —.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 14, Folder 12, Document 40 Box 14 Box 14 Folder 12 Folder topic: Firemen's strike | 1966 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/8f21afbf3331afc0f787ff1d63c26bc6.pdf cdd752f5266bb9762fcb52af8bf8309b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. TO: H. L.B. I\ FROM: RE: J.B.P. Memorandum on right of City of Atlanta Firemen to strike. "Although there have been many strikes by public employees, very few of them have reached the courts, or at least, very few have been reported. However, in every case that has been reported, the right of public employees to strike has been emphatically denied. Unlike the right of labor in private industry, public employees do not possess the rights of collective bargaining, the right to strike, or the right to picket." 31 ALR 2d 1149 § 3, 1159 § 11. "Furthermore, the courts have generally denied union membership to policemen and firemen because they owe undivided allegiance to the public, and because it is absolutely necessary to the maintenance of discipline in the two services that public authorities have complete control over them." 31 Arn Jur 429 § 56. The constant argument of strikers in reported cases i ·s that the right to strike is an inherent right protected by the provisions of the Constitution. The universal view of the courts is that "there is no inherent right in employees to strike against their governmental employer, whether federal, state or political subdivision thereof, and strike of municipal employees for any purpose is illegal". Board of Education of Community Unit School District #2, Appellant , vs. Doris Redding, et alo, Supreme Court of Illinois, May 20, 1965. This was a case of first impression in the Supreme Court of Illinois. - Custodial employees, in this case, were conducting a strike aga1nst their school board employer and were picketing the schools in support of the strike. "In absence of legislative authority, public employees in general have no right to strike against the government." Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority vs. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, 355 P.2d 905. This right must be deliberately expressed and is not to �. ·I I be implied. The Delaware River and Bay Authority vs. The International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pr1ots 2 211 A2d 789. "In absence of legislation, right of employees of the Port of Seattle, a political subdivision of the State and a municipal corporation, to strike is subordinate to the immunity therefrom of the Port of Seattle." Port of Seattle vs. International Longshoremens and Warehousemens Union, 324 P2d 1099. A search of Georgia. laws reveals that there is no State statute which gives public employees the authority to strike against their employer. / The Supreme Court of Georgia; in the case of International Longshoremens Association, AFL-CIO, et al., vs. Georgia Ports Authority, held that "it is contrary to the public policy of the State of Georgia for State employees to strike". Several out-ofstate cases were cited in support of this finding. This case involved the right of employees of the State Ports Authority to strike. In further support of this ruling, Georgia Laws 1962, p.459 was cited and Section 1 of said Act provides: "Section lo No person holding a position by appointment or employment in the government of the State of Georgia or any agency, authority, board, commission, or public institution thereof shall promote, encourage or participate in any strike." The question arises as to whether or not this State law is applicable to an employee of a municipality. Is a municipality an agent, authority~ board, commission or public institution of the State of Georgia? / Municipalities, in the following cases, have been classified as agencies or de par tments of the State : " 'Municipalities ' a r e agencie s of the commonwe alth created by the sovereignt y of the people ." Adams v . Ok lahoma City, 95 P . 975 , · 979 2 20 Okl . 519 . "A ' municipalit y ' is merely a po litic a l su bdivision or department of the s tate." Jersey City v . Martin, 19A . 2d 40 , 45 , 126 N.JoL. 353; Storrs v. Heck, 190 So. 78, 84, 238 Alao 196. �"A municipality, being no more than,, a governmental agency of the state with the powers limited and defined by statute. o ." Valentine v. Road Directors of Allegany County, 126 A. 147, 150, 146 Md. 199. "A municipality is a state agency for governmental purposeso It exercises political governmental powers delegated by the state o" City of Lex ington v. Thompson, 68 S.W., 477, 479, 113 Kyo 540, 57 L.R.A. 775. "A 'municipal corporation' is a department of the government of state, created by the Legislature . • and is synonymous with 'public corporation' and 'municipality'." Neuenschwander v. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, 48 A.2d 593, 597, 187 Md. 67. 0 " 'Municipality' is, in its governmental aspect, an agency of the state for the administration, within the prescribed limits, of the governmental function and powers of the stateo" Public Service Electric & Gas Co. v. City of Camden, 192 A. 222, 226, 118 N.J.L. 245. No reported cas es have been found wherein a municipal employer attempted to bring itself within the purview of the 1962 Act. Even though a court might hold that a municipal employer does not come within the scope of the 1962 Act, it appears that a strike could be successfully enjoined on the ground3that municipal employees have no express right to strike, that a strike by municipal employees is contrary to public policy and that the munic-ipal employer is irmnune .from strikes by its employees. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document TOR H.L.B. FROM: J Bel RE: Memorandum on right of City of Atlanta Firemen to strike. "Although there have been many strikes by public employees, very few of them have reached the courts, or at least, very few have been reported. However, in every case that has been reported, the right of public employees to strike has been emphatically denied. Unlike the right of labor in private industry, public employees do not possess the rights of collective bargaining, the right to strike, or the right to picket.'"' 31 ALR 2d 1149 8 3, 1159 8 11. "Furthermore, the courts have generally denied union member- ship to policemen and firemen because they owe undivided allegiance to the public, and because it is absolutely necessary to the main- tenance of discipline in the two services that public authorities have complete control over them." 31 Am Jur 429 8 56, The constant argument of strikers in reported cases is that the right to strike is an inherent right protected by the provisions of the Constitution. The universal view of the courts is that "there is no in- herent right in employees to strike against their governmental em- ployer, whether federal, state or political subdivision thereof, and strike of municipal employees for any purpose is illegal". Board of Education of Community Unit School District #2, Appellant, vs. Doris Redding, et al., Supreme Court of Illinois, May 20, 1965. This was a case of first impression in the Supreme Court of Illinois.. Cus- todial employees, in this case, were conducting a strike against their school board employer and were picketing the schools in support of the strike. "In absence of legislative authority, public employees in general have no right to strike against the government.'' Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority vs. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, 355 P.2d 905. This right must be deliberately expressed and is not to be implied. The Delaware River and Bay Authority vs. The Inter- national Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots, 211 A2d 789. "In absence of legislation, right of employees of the Port of Seattle, a political subdivision of the State and a municipal corporation, to strike is subordinate to the immunity therefrom of the Port of Seattle."" Port of Seattle vs. International Long- shoremens and Warehousemens Union, 324 P2d 1099. A search of Georgia. laws reveals that there is no State statute which gives public employees the authority to strike against their employer. The Supreme Court of Georgia,’ in the case of International Longshoremens Association, AFL-CIO, et al., vs. Georgia Ports Authority, held that "it is contrary to the public policy of the State of Georgia for State employees to strike". Several out-of- state cases were cited in support of this finding. This case in- volved the right of employees of the State Ports Authority to strike. In further support of this ruling, Georgia Laws 1962, p.459 was cited and Section 1 of said Act provides: "Section 1. No person holding a position by appoint- ment or employment in the government of the State of Georgia or any agency, authority, board, commission, or public in- stitution thereof shall promote, encourage or participate in any strike." The question arises as to whether or not this State law is applicable to an employee of a municipality. Is a municipality an agent, authority, board, commission or public institution of the State of Georgia? ; Municipalities, in the following cases, have been classified as agencies or departments of the State: ' '"Municipalities' are agencies of the commonwealth created by the sovereignty of the people."’ Adams v. Oklahoma City, 95: -P. 975.979. 20 OkL. 519. "A 'municipality' is merely a political subdivision or department of the state." Jersey City v. Martin, 19A.2d 40, 45, 126 N.J.L. 353; Storrs v. Heck, 190 So. 78, 84, 238 Ala. 196. "A municipality, being no more than a governmental agency of the state with the powers limited and defined by statute. . ."' Valentine v. Road Directors of Allegany County, 126 A. 147, 150, 146 Md. 199. "A municipality is _a state agency for governmental purposes, It exercises political governmental powers delegated by the state."' City of Lexington v. Thompson, 68 S.W., 477, 479, 113 Ky. 540, 57 L.R.A, 775. "A 'municipal corporation' is a department of the government of state, created by the Legislature. . . and is synonymous with 'public corporation' and 'municipality'." Neuenschwander v. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, 48 A.2d 593, 597, 187 Md. 67. " 'Municipality' is, in its governmental aspect, an agency of the state for the administration, within the pre- scribed limits, of the governmental function and powers of the state."' Public Service Electric & Gas Co. v. City of Camden, 192 A. 222, 226, 118 N.J.L. 245. No reported cases have been found wherein a municipal employer attempted to bring itself within the purview of the 1962 Act. Even though a court might hold that a municipal employer does not come within the scope of the 1962 Act, it appears that a strike could be successfully enjoined on the ground that municipal em- ployees have no express right to strike, that a strike by municipal employees is contrary to public policy and that the municipal em- ployer is immune from strikes by its employees.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 14, Folder 12, Document 41 Box 14 Box 14 Folder 12 Folder topic: Firemen's strike | 1966 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/08baa7a949d4ddea290d3d4c47a9b449.pdf 5a593dac73a272545328d5ff9adb224e Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. t// RAWSON HAVERTY ATLANTA,GEORGTA I\ September 16, 1966 Dear Earl: Here are my notes which were copied and turned over to the Firemen's union by one of our girls. I am terribly embarrassed, and apologize. I don't think any damage is done, as the facts outlined are almost exactly those published in the accompanying article in "u.s. News & World Report." Thanks for your courtes y in g ivin g me this information. I deeply regret the breach of security. Sincerely, Mr. Earl Landers, Exec utiv e Secretary Office of the Mayor City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document ir | ky RAWSON HAVERTY * ATLANTA, GEORGIA September 16, 1966 Dear Earl: Here are my notes which were copied and turned over to the Firemen's union by one of our girls. I am terribly embarrassed, and apologize. I don't think any damage is done, as the facts outlined are almost exactly those published in the accompanying article in "U.S. News & World Report." Thanks for your courtesy in giving me this information. I deeply regret the breach of security. Sincerely, ae Mr. Earl Landers, Executive Secretary Office of the Mayor City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 14, Folder 12, Document 42 Box 14 Box 14 Folder 12 Folder topic: Firemen's strike | 1966 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/c0d55a303e031196d3b32e565456cfc4.pdf c8deacb3518eeaeb74d174655403e5a8 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ~ --/ ' ...... - I. September 15, 1966 MEMORANDUM RE: FIREMEN'S STRIKE I\ To get the facts on the firemen's s{tuation (because many of us are receiving letters, and it's a matter of public interest), I called Earl Landers, assistant to Ivan Allen, and talked with him by phone ·yesterday. Briefly the story is as follows: The City at the first of this year employed the Public Administrative ~ociety (an independent Chicago organization which makes surveys of municipalities and specializes in personnel, J>Ositions, salaries, and so on) to make a survey of the Atlanta City government, its personnel, wage scales, etc., and to bring in a complete report in September of this year. Second fact: For many years the firemen in Atlanta have been members of the International Firefighters Association, a branch of the AF of L. (' In the early spring of this year (about April) the members of the Firefighters Association came to the Mayor's office and asked for an increase in salary. At the time, the budget for 1966 had been adopted and the City was advised that they could neither legally nor financially grant any overall wage increase during the year 1966; but they promised to grant an increase in 1967 based on the recommendations of the Public Administrative Society. Many of the younger firemen were unhappy with this decision and left the union. Spurred on by the Teamsters, they formed an independent union called the Atlanta Firefighters Union Independent. This is still called an independent, but the Teamsters are behind the s~ene. In June of this year they walked out, but approximately 200 . senior firemen remained with their own union affiliation and would not leave. The City holds a contract with the AF of L, and this contract contains a "no strike" clause. When the firemen walked out, they were immediately enjoined to return to their jobs, but the City and the union agreed to arbitration, and accepted Dr. Ed Harrison, President ot Tech, as arbitrator. Their request had been for a decrease in working hours (they had been working 60 hours a week) and an increase in salary. Dr. Harrison's recommendation was either a 7.2% increase in salary or the equivalent reduction in the work-week, which would be a reduction from a 60 to a 56-hour work-week. The union refused to accept the recommendation of the arbitrator, demanding a 10% increase effective September 1, plus whatever PdA.S. · recommended beginning January 1. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document J fee ee ae 1 ~w fe be September 15, 1966 MEMORANDUM RE? FIREMEN'S STRIKE To get the facts on the firemen's situation (because many of us are receiving letters, and it's a matter of public interest), I called Earl Landers, assistant to Ivan Allen, and talked with him by phone yesterday. Briefly the story is as follows: The City at the first of this year employed the Public Administrative Society (an independent Chicago organization which makes surveys of municipalities and specializes in personnel, positions, salaries, and so on) to make a survey of the Atlanta City government, its personnel, wage scales, etc., and to bring in a complete report in September of this year. ' Second fact: For many years the firemen in Atlanta have been members of the International Firefighters Association, a branch of the AF of L. In the early spring of this year (about April) the members of the Firefighters Association came to the Mayor's office and asked for an increase in salary. At the time, the budget for 1966 had been adopted and the City was advised that they could neither legally nor financially grant any overall wage increase during the year 1966; but they promised to grant an increase in 1967 based on the recommendations of the Public Administrative Society. Many of the younger firemen were unhappy with this decision and left the union. Spurred on by the Teamsters, they formed an independent union called the Atlanta Firefighters Union Independent. This is still called an independent, but the Teamsters are behind the scene. In June of this year they walked out, but approximately 200 senior firemen remained with their own union affiliation and would not leave. The City holds a contract with the AF of L, and this contract contains a "no strike" clause. When the firemen walked out, they were immediately enjoined to return to their jobs, but the City and the union agreed to arbitration, and accepted Dr. Ed Harrison, President of Tech, as arbitrator. Their request had been for a decrease in working hours (they had been work= ing 60 hours a week) and an increase in salary. Dr. Harrison's recommendation was either a 7.2% increase in salary or the equivalent reduction in the work-week, which would be a reduction from a 60 to a 56-hour work=-week. The union refused to accept the recommendation of the arbitrator, demanding a 10% increase effective September 1, plus whatever P.A.S. recommended beginning January l. —————————  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 14, Folder 12, Document 43 Box 14 Box 14 Folder 12 Folder topic: Firemen's strike | 1966 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/c266dbcd6dcb566ed3d9797921c63737.pdf 1042cd2421a0c1d0e6d1e4d32a10a436 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I September 22, 1966 Mrs. Jackie Berry Executive Secretary Mutual Insurance Agents 3 78 Kenilworth Cb-cle Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083 Dear Mrs . Berry: This will acknowledge receipt of the Resolution adopted by the Georgia Association .o f Mutual Insurance Agents concerning fire protection for the City of Atlanta. M y I assure you that the City is receiving adequate protection and we. are mo t gr teful for youi- support. S incerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor IAJr/br � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document September 22, 1966 Mrs. Jackie Berry Executive Secretary Mutual Insurance Agents 378 Kenilworth Circle Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083 Dear Mrs. Berry: This will acknowledge receipt of the Resolution adopted by the Georgia Association of Mutual Insurance Agents concerning fire protection for the City of Atlanta. May I assure you that the City is receiving adequate protection and we are most grateful for your support. Sincerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor IAJr/br  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 14, Folder 12, Document 44 Box 14 Box 14 Folder 12 Folder topic: Firemen's strike | 1966