This chap should leave the US and run for Mayor in Guyana

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Cash-strapped Scranton, Pa., has slashed pay for all city employees—including police and firefighters—to minimum wage, sparking furor among unions that now say they plan to sue in federal court. A lawyer representing three unions told Scranton's Times-Tribune he will file several motions, including one to hold Mayor Chris Doherty in contempt of court for violating a judge's order to pay full wages. The lawyer, Thomas Jennings, said he also expects to file a pair federal lawsuits on behalf of the unions—International Association of Firefighters Local 60, the Fraternal Order of Police E.B. Jermyn Lodge 2 and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge 2305—alleging the city failed to pay proper wages and overtime, and cut benefits for disabled police and firefighters without a proper hearing.

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Vish MSenior Member

Please explain your "headline"

7/10/129:03 PM

Former Member

For the work civil servants do in Guyana, they are overpaid even with minimum wage.

7/10/129:26 PM

Former Member

Headline news!

7/10/129:44 PM

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