Local police and fire union leaders say they are “disheartened” by U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp’s decision to pull his support of a resolution that would strengthen their ability to negotiate.
“To just blindside us with this stuff, to me that’s not being a good steward,” said Jeff Eldridge, president of the Chattanooga Firefighters Association, Local 820 of the International Association of Firefighters.
Rep. Wamp, R-Tenn., co-sponsored the bill in March 2009 along with more than 200 other representatives but removed his name from the list Tuesday.
PDF: House Resolution 413 PDF: House Resolution 4992
The congressman’s office responded with a news release issued that day, a portion of which read that after reviewing the resolution he determined that it “simply went too far without fully addressing this real issue affecting these men and women.”