re: Twenty NOFD firefighters protest, call for Chief to step down

Well, as much as they didn't want to do, there is also civil service statute that expressly prohibits the chief or the mayor from ordering them to do something outside of their scope of duty. For example, they can't be ordered to cut the grass at the station. That's not within their job duties. Removal of statues certainly isn't in the job description either.

They violated the law with their orders. Whether the union files suit on that, who knows. But they will win it, slam dunk, if it comes to that.