AFD Hiring: Smoke or Fire?
Add the EEOC to the parties weighing in on firefighter hiring
By Jordan Smith, Austin Chronicle
The unfolding story of allegedly discriminatory hiring practices within the Austin Fire Department – already the subject of a possible consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice – took another turn Feb. 20, as the Austin Firefighters Association announced that it had been informed by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that the union is now being accused of playing a role in hiring discrimination.