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NOFD being accused of being racially biased when it comes to promotions
Posted on 12/3/17 at 1:11 am
Posted on 12/3/17 at 1:11 am
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The sweeping changes to the city’s personnel system that New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu pushed through three years ago may have ushered in an era of racial and political bias at the Fire Department, a new report alleges.
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It seems likely that race may have been a factor in who received a promotion
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The “seemingly arbitrary manner in which the superintendent selected candidates for promotion violates the Louisiana Constitution, which mandates a merit-based, competitive selection process, based on competitive examinations,” Hudson said
TL, DR...everyone qualified to be selected captain. Then McConnell interpreted that he could promote whoever he wanted with no set criteria.
Advocate link
Also, apparently the union was instrumental in getting this looked into.
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We’re very happy. The union wants a fair and transparent and merit-based system
This post was edited on 12/3/17 at 1:12 am
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Posted on 12/3/17 at 5:51 am to fightin tigers
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Hudson said 15 candidates should be retroactively promoted to fix the problem. She also recommended scrapping the “Great Place to Work” initiative, a set of changes to the civil service system requested by Landrieu.
That’ll fix it.
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The Great Workplace Initiative
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Timothy McConnell set aside higher test scores from dozens of candidates for promotion to captain in favor of lower-ranked applicants in September 2016, according to a ruling issued Thursday by the city's Civil Service Department.
It was great on paper.
Posted on 12/3/17 at 5:54 am to BRgetthenet
I am shocked....
Posted on 12/3/17 at 6:16 am to fightin tigers
Why didn’t you quote the real meat of the story?
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Fire Superintendent Timothy McConnell set aside higher test scores from dozens of candidates for promotion to captain in favor of lower-ranked applicants in September 2016, according to a ruling issued Thursday by the city's Civil Service Department. Personnel Director Lisa Hudson said there were signs that McConnell engaged in “reverse discrimination” by picking lower-ranked black firefighters before higher-ranked white ones.
"Almost half of the African-American candidates were promoted — compared to a little more than a quarter of the white candidates. ... It seems likely that race may have been a factor in who received a promotion,” she said.
Hudson said she suspected that “reverse discrimination” may have been at play with regard to gender as well. The two women who applied to become captains were both promoted, she said.
Posted on 12/3/17 at 6:22 am to jbgleason
Looks like sjw bullshite to me...
Posted on 12/3/17 at 6:53 am to jbgleason
Sue the ever living dog shiet out of the city and mayor
Posted on 12/3/17 at 6:57 am to Statestreet
The Fire Depaerment down there will eventually look like your local post office.
Posted on 12/3/17 at 6:57 am to jbgleason
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Almost half of the African-American candidates were promoted — compared to a little more than a quarter of the white candidates. ... It seems likely that race may have been a factor in who received a promotion,” she said.
This is why you suck, NOLA
Posted on 12/3/17 at 9:37 am to fightin tigers
fricking Somalia. 
Posted on 12/3/17 at 9:38 am to fightin tigers
Translation: "Our people didn't get the job, so it's racist".
Oh, wait.... How will the SJWs spin this one?
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“reverse discrimination”
Oh, wait.... How will the SJWs spin this one?
This post was edited on 12/3/17 at 9:41 am
Posted on 12/3/17 at 9:40 am to fightin tigers
They should be promoted based on how well they can remove Confederate monuments. That is the true test of a fire fighter with leadership skills.
Posted on 12/3/17 at 9:59 am to jbgleason
This has been going on for quite awhile (fil was a nofd in the 70's and 80s)...who is surprised by this?that's why i get pissed everytime i hear "white privilege"
Posted on 12/3/17 at 10:22 am to fightin tigers
Maybe those candidates were more easily motivated to destroy historical monuments. That IS what the NOFD does, right? Put on ski-masks and operate under the cloak of darkness. 
Posted on 12/3/17 at 10:25 am to bigrob385series
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This has been going on for quite awhile (fil was a nofd in the 70's and 80s)...who is surprised by this?that's why i get pissed everytime i hear "white privilege"
Happens all around the country, and still in many of these big cities.
Posted on 12/3/17 at 11:18 am to Btrtigerfan
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cloak of darkness.
Triggered
Posted on 12/3/17 at 11:24 am to SeeeeK
It’s not “reverse” discrimination, its discrimination PERIOD. Race should NOT be a factor. Merit should be
Posted on 12/3/17 at 11:24 am to fightin tigers
If you ask a black activist, it is impossible for blacks to get hired or promoted. I mean, why else would they sell drugs?
Posted on 12/3/17 at 11:28 am to fightin tigers
Only a matter of time before the civil service system goes away
This post was edited on 9/25/20 at 7:47 am
Posted on 12/3/17 at 12:06 pm to fightin tigers
Are you willing to destroy monuments for Mitch? Yes, well here’s your promotion.
Posted on 12/3/17 at 12:11 pm to SeeeeK
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Happens all around the country, and still in many of these big cities.
And in the federal government, both for employee selections/promotions and with contract awards for business.
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