Box 14, Folder 12, Document 33

Box 14, Folder 12, Document 33

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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

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