dollars - Blogs - TheBlackList Pub2024-03-28T22:39:15Zhttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/dollarsHelp Find The 6,000 Chicago Black Fire Fighters Part of $30 Million Settlementhttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/help-find-the-6000-chicago2011-05-16T00:27:07.000Z2011-05-16T00:27:07.000ZMark S. Allenhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/MarkSAllen<div><p> </p><p>HELP US WITH THE SEARCH FOR THE 6,000 BLACK FIREFIGHTER APPLICANTS WHO ARE WINNERS IN THE MULTI <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1305505080_0">MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT</span> WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO!!<br /><br /><br /><br />For several years when I was the field director for Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, one of my most consistent constituent services assignments was working with the Black firefighters organizations and members in the ongoing fight for justice in the hiring and promotion practices of The City of Chicago and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1305505080_1" style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;">Chicago Fire Department</span>. Now after 15 years they have won and we need to find them so they can be a part of the new hiring pool and the sharing in the $30 Million Dollar settlement.<br /><br /><br /><br />To help the public appeal of the group, I am asking religious leaders, political organization, community groups and Black media outlets to help spread the message to help find them with announcements!!<br /><br />(Mark S. Allen, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1305505080_2" style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;">773-392-0165</span>)<br /><br />*************************************************************<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Today is a very good day for the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1305505080_3">African American</span> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1305505080_4">Firefighters</span> and Paramedics League of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1305505080_5" style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;">Chicago</span> and the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1305505080_6">Plaintiffs</span> of the 1995 lawsuit of Lewis v City of Chicago. After almost 15 years and last year <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1305505080_7" style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;">U.S. Supreme Court</span> 9-0 decision. <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1305505080_8">The Seventh U.S Circuit Court of Appeals</span> ruled in our favor and has order the City to hire 111 African-American firefighters and adjust their pensions as if they had been on the job since 1995. Six thousand others will share “tens of millions of dollars.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.suntimes.com/5357156-417/city-must-hire-111-bypassed-black-firefighter-candidates-court-rules.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1305505080_9">http://www.suntimes.com/5357156-417/city-must-hire-111-bypassed-black-firefighter-candidates-court-rules.html</span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />If you are one of the 6000 please make sure you update your information with the City you can leave the information on our web-site <a target="_blank" href="http://www.aafl-chicago.org/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1305505080_10">www.aafl-chicago.org</span></a> or you can go to the City’s web-site <a href="mailto:www.CFD1995@cityofchicago.org"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1305505080_11">www.CFD1995@cityofchicago.org</span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Gregory L. Boggs<br /><br />President<br /><br />African American Firefighters & Paramedics League of Chicago<br /><br /><br /><br /></p></div>