Firefighters union officials and top brass at the New Orleans Fire Department are at odds over some recent promotions and pay raises.
The latest dust-up between union President Nick Felton and Fire Superintendent Tim McConnell came Monday during a meeting of the Civil Service Commission.
At the meeting, Felton criticized the department over the way it handled the promotion of 40 firefighters to the rank of captain, as well as the distribution of extra pay to NOFD employees who are not emergency responders. ,,, McConnell said he had discussed the new requirements with Felton before they went into effect — something that Felton denied — and argued that training, education and other factors were important considerations for promotion as well as making the top scores on the Civil Service test.