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6月26日 - 斯坦福 - 该市的消防员工会对消防局长特雷弗·罗奇（Trevor Roach）和助理消防局长米格尔·罗伯斯（Miguel Robles）没有任何信心。
Of the 240 union-represented firefighters, only 75 cast ballots. Of those, the majority — 49 firefighters — stated they have no confidence in Roach or Robles.
In a 49-to-25 vote with one abstention, Stamford firefighters who voted overwhelmingly stated that they have no confidence in Roach or Robles; however, only 75 of the 240 union-represented firefighters cast ballots.
Paul Anderson, president of Stamford Professional Fire Fighter Local 786, said the vote of no confidence taken on June 15 and 16 serves as a method to bring “serious concerns of public safety and mismanagement” to the public’s attention without interrupting firefighters’ service to the city.
“It’s as simple as this: Our members do not have confidence in our fire administration. It’s a toxic atmosphere, and we’re just trying to send a message that their behavior is unacceptable. The way that labor is treated, the way that memberships are treated and have been treated are unacceptable. We’re just going on the record to show the city’s administration and the fire administration that members do not have confidence in these people as leaders,” Anderson said.
市长卡罗琳·西蒙斯（Caroline Simmons）没有回应对没有信心的投票的置评请求。
In the wake of the no-confidence vote, Robles and Roach defended their administration. Both said that the administration’s record “speaks for itself.”
In particular, Roach fought back against claims that his administration has been “tyrannical.” Instead, Roach said, his administration has “been fair, open and effective.”
“我们希望创建一个更多的名单tive relationship with Local 786 officials,” Roach said. “Our firefighters are the best around and the majority know how proud I am of them and the opportunity to lead them and best serve the people of Stamford.”
罗伯斯（Robles）说，他没有在斯坦福消防局（Stamford Fire Department）担任35年任期的不信任投票，他说，这项投票震惊了他。
“这是一个惊喜，因为就像我说的那样，我坚持自己的记录。我相信我们是该州最好的消防部门之一。我们非常安全，我们会照顾我们的消防员，因此出于这些原因，这让我感到震惊。”罗伯斯说。
In a six-page “no-confidence” resolution sent to the administration by the union, firefighters provide a list of grievances against the department’s administration, including actions that they claim have left the department low on manpower and overworked.
The list of grievances includes accusations that Roach and Robles “purposefully and wantonly” disregard the department’s collective bargaining agreement, “have failed to adequately train personnel,” give their “‘inner-circle’ unlimited overtime opportunities,” and have created a “hostile working environment” where “subordinates are perpetually working in a state of fear that any minor infraction or error in judgment will lead to heavy-handed disciplinary action.”
该决议不是第一次指责消防局施加了纪律处分。9月，在前工会主席布伦丹·基特利（Brendan Keatley）因“系统地创建有关建筑检查的虚假报告”而被解雇后，联盟对该部门提出了申诉。当时，安德森（Anderson）宣称“政治的臭味”。
The resolution also claims that Roach and Robles “abandoned their duties and were absent from their command positions,” during the Feb. 1 terrace collapse at the Allure apartments on Pacific Street. In the resolution, the union claims Roach was “absent without leave” and Robles “failed to deploy appropriate fire personnel or follow SFD policies and procedures to investigate and potentially mitigate a life-safety issue.”
罗奇和罗伯斯否认了这一说法。
The union also complained about a 2020 decision by the city that allowed Roach and Robles to collect pensions while still collecting salaries.
The vote of no confidence comes, the resolution states, after union members have exhausted all options to try and work with an administration they claim “operates with impunity, recklessness, malice, contempt and disregard for the women and men who sacrifice their lives to work for the greater good of this city.”
“现在不惜一切代价保护这座伟大城市的消防员现在发现自己受到敌对，不道德和无能为力的消防部门管理部门的摆布，这损害了为斯坦福居民提供最佳服务的整体使命。决议写道：“我们已经并且将继续 - 保持勤奋的职责，但我们不能再保持沉默了。”
In a 36-page letter to the department obtained by Hearst Connecticut Media, Roach and Robles claimed that their administration has spent a lot of time rehabilitating the department’s reputation after a previous administration that, they claim in the letter, “spent a lot of time in the headlines — and not for fantastic things.”
信中写道：“在部门的派系之间不断争吵导致我们对我们的主要目标缺乏关注 - 保护斯坦福市的公民和客人的生活。”
When Roach, a member of the department since 1984, was promoted to fire chief in December 2015, he said he set two goals: to create a level playing field for all members and to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement.
罗奇（Roach）和罗伯斯（Robles）在信中指出，新设定的主管标准和该部门所有部门的资格帮助他们实现了第一个目标。
As for the second goal, they say in the letter that efforts have been stifled by the union, who they claim “has pushed back at every attempt to settle a new contract.”
“To remove a source of contention and distraction, the Fire Administration even took the extraordinary step of removing itself from direct negotiations. Yet, Local 786 is the only union that has not settled with the city,” the letter reads.
The administration’s letter also states that, under the current fire administration, the department has redesigned the water delivery system for areas of the city with no hydrants, made numerous health and safety improvements through policy and equipment upgrades and negotiated a working relationship with the city’s volunteer fire companies.
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