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“蓝色流感”席卷孟菲斯警局

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552 out sick during 'Blue Flu' demonstration

Memphis Police Department canceled officers' regular days off and scheduled vacations to handle the sick calls from the so-called "Blue Flu."

As of 8:15 morning July 8^th, 2014, there are 552 MPD officers out sick and not on the streets.

MPD Director Toney Armstrong addressed the media about concerns of the demonstration and said public safety has not been compromised. Armstrong asked the media to cut cameras, because it was unclear he was on live television; he then took media's questions to break down the numbers.

The sick calls began June 30; a little more than a dozen were out before that.

On Saturday, police were forced to call in Shelby County deputies to help man Beale Street, which is usually protected by Memphis police officers.

By Sunday, 308 officers had called out sick and police had an emergency meeting with the sheriff. Later in the day Sunday, the mayor and police director held a news conference acknowledging some type of demonstration is underway.

From June 30 to early Monday, 481 officers called out. As of early Monday evening, 522 officers are not at work. As of Tuesday morning, the number of officers out sick stands at 552.

The "Blue Flu" was predicted to happen after the city voted to make major cuts to public servants' health care benefits. For a look at some of the alternative proposals Strickland mentioned, click here: http://ftpcontent4.worldnow.com/wmctv/alternativeproposals.pdf

本报记者阳光报道蓝色流感——Blue Flu，特指警察或消防队员集体装病缺勤，这一并不太为人所熟知的现象却正发生在我们周围。截止2014年7月8日为止，自六月底孟菲斯市议会通过2015年财政预算法案后，孟菲斯市警察局已陆续接到552名因病缺勤的申请，占到孟菲斯警局2200多名警员总数的近30%，而且仍有不断增加的趋势。对此，孟菲斯警察局局长Tony Armstrong表示，到目前为止，公共安全并没有受到严重的威胁，现有警员的日常休息时间和预定假期已被取消，以弥补人手的不足。

早在1978年，“蓝色流感”曾席卷过孟菲斯地区，在持续了八天的罢工过后，孟菲斯市由国民卫队接手管理，以恢复正常的社会秩序，并对相关的法律条文进行修改，以避免类似事件的再次发生。此次“蓝色流感”始于上月30号，以抗议预算削减后福利补助的减少以及医疗保险费用的高企，而在此之前，因病缺勤的人数仅约12人。这一罢工在过去的一个星期内愈演愈烈，到周六，孟菲斯警局已不得不打电话给谢尔比郡警长办公室，请求他们处理在Beale大街上突发事件，而到了周日，已有308名警员申请病假，当天，孟菲斯警局会同谢尔比郡警署召开了紧急会议，商讨解决办法，同时在当天晚一些时候，孟菲斯市市长AC沃顿联同孟菲斯警局局长在一场新闻发布会中承认了警局内部罢工现象的存在，并表示会尽快处理好相关的问题。从6月30日至7月7日，共有481名警员申请病假，这一数字在7日晚增加到522名。

其实，早在市议会对削减市政工作人员医疗补助法案进行投票之前，“蓝色流感”现象已露出苗头，一旦表决通过，即立即爆发，对此，民众也持有不同的观点。一方面认为作为美国的公民，我们有受到国家保护的权利，但是市政工作人员的权利也需要得到保护，因而支持警察的消极怠工；但是另一方面则对此感到失望，因为保护民众的安全是警察的职责，也是所有纳税人应有的权利，那些因为福利减少而罢工的警员应被开除出警局。对此，孟菲斯警员协会（Memphis Police Association）现任主席Mike Williams表示，如果按现有方案持续下去，将会有更多的警察不仅仅是因病缺勤，而是辞职离开孟菲斯了，“当初我们来竞聘时，他们答应了我们许多事情，可是现在却又食言，那我们的家庭、我们的生活该怎么办？”为解决目前所面临的问题，孟菲斯市市议员Jim Strickland宣布将于7月15日早8点举行听证会，寻求其他的解决办法，“我们也不想失去我们那些优秀的警察和职员”，Strickland这样对记者表示。

此次引来超过500名孟菲斯警局警员的无声罢工（Blue Flu），匿名的消防员举着自制的牌子抗议以及过去一周来市议会附近持续的抗议活动的，正是6月末获得通过的孟菲斯市2015年预算法案，法案因大幅减少市政工作人员的医疗保险福利——医疗保险费自付比例提高24%，部分退休人员自付比例达到100%，而饱受争议。据市相关管理人员介绍，此次预算改革将为孟菲斯市节省下2600万美元的财政资金，进而可以用以支付现有的养老金债务，降低财政赤字。对此，我们不禁会产生一个疑问，市政府的资金都用到哪里去了呢？借此机会，我们也向大家公布到目前为止最新的，截至2013年6月30日的政府财政支出预决算表，虽然未包含政府债务支出和其他投资项目支出，但是一定程度上可以反映市政府的运行情况，供大家监督。

总开支	预算		决算
	提案额度	通过额度	实际花费
General government（政府机构）:
Legislative（立法机构）
Personnel services	$1,333	$1,333	$1,328
Materials and supplies	$250	$250	$163
Total legislative	$1,583	$1,583	$1,491
Judicial（法庭）
Personnel services	$550	$550	$545
Materials and supplies	$51	$46	$39
Capital outlay	$5	$4	$1
Total judicial	$601	$601	$588
Court clerk（法庭书记员）
Personnel services	$2,998	$3,080	$3,079
Materials and supplies	$1,900	$1,818	$1,585
Total court clerk	$4,898	$4,898	$4,664
Executive（执行委员会）
Personnel services	$2,974	$2,875	$2,772
Materials and supplies	$1,678	$2,127	$1,474
Grants and subsidies	$863	$863	$674
Expense reimbursement	-$68	-$68	-
Total executive	$5,447	$5,797	$4,920
Finance and administration（财务管理）
Personnel services	$4,741	$4,733	$4,657
Materials and supplies	$1,296	$1,294	$854
Expense reimbursement	-$1,002	-$1,002	-$974
Total finance and administration	$5,035	$5,025	$4,537
City attorney（地方检察官）
Personnel services	$4,309	$4,409	$4,108
Materials and supplies	$9,196	$10,045	$9,233
Expense reimbursement	-$2,920	-$2,920	-$2,326
Total city attorney	$10,585	$11,534	$11,015
City engineer（工程部门）
Personnel services	$7,563	$7,563	$7,164
Materials and supplies	$1,995	$2,050	$1,314
Expense reimbursement	-$3,082	-$3,929	-$2,865
Total city engineer	$6,476	$5,684	$5,613
Information systems（信息系统）
Personnel services	$1,463	$1,463	$1,376
Materials and supplies	$17,834	$17,089	$14,967
Expense reimbursement	-$2,380	-$2,380	-$2,350
Total information systems	$16,917	$16,172	$13,993
Human resources（民政部门）
Personnel services	$3,956	$3,781	$3,781
Materials and supplies	$5,760	$4,730	$1,923
Grants and subsidies	-	$1	$1
Expense reimbursement	-$753	-$753	-$846
Total human resources	$8,963	$7,759	$4,859
General services（总务）
Personnel services	$14,583	$14,588	$14,354
Materials and supplies	$8,528	$9,034	$8,089
Capital outlay	-	$55	$55
Inventory	$144	$4	-$140
Expense reimbursement	-$234	$350	-$1,102
Total general services	$23,021	$24,031	$21,256
Special appropriations（特别拨款）
Personnel services	$170	$219	$218
Materials and supplies	$9	$9	$7
Grants and subsidies	$47,439	$50,183	$46,328
Expense reimbursement	-$4,803	-$3,893	-$4,803
Total special appropriations	$42,815	$46,518	$41,750
Total general government	$126,341	$129,602	$114,686

Public safety（公共安全）:
Police（警察）
Personnel services	$208,608	$207,290	$205,195
Materials and supplies	$27,150	$27,274	$22,805
Capital outlay	-	$30	$38
Expense reimbursement	-$376	-$376	-$1,966
Total police	$235,382	$234,218	$226,072
Fire（消防）
Personnel services	$137,488	$139,755	$137,688
Materials and supplies	$17,521	$18,055	$17,122
Capital outlay	$93	$93	$2
Inventory	-	$141	$141
Expense reimbursement	-$200	-$200	-$368
Total fire	$154,902	$157,844	$154,585
Total public safety	$390,284	$392,062	$380,657

Community services（社区服务）:
Parks and recreation（公园）
Personnel services	$25,322	$25,677	$24,797
Materials and supplies	$17,459	$18,603	$17,603
Capital outlay	$55	$51	-$4
Grants & subsidies	$731	$772	$670
Inventory	$90	$62	$11
Expense reimbursement	-$14	-$14	-
Total parks and recreation	$43,643	$45,151	$43,077
Personnel services	$261	$337	$336
Materials and supplies	$187	$271	$102
Grants and subsidies	$4,532	$7,032	$3,738
Total community development	$4,980	$7,640	$4,176
Total community services	$48,623	$52,791	$47,253
Transportation and environment（交通环境）:
Public works（市政工程）
Personnel services	$10,485	$10,878	$10,878
Materials and supplies	$23,130	$25,038	$23,019
Capital outlay	-	$163	$162
Expense reimbursement	-$16,202	-$16,395	-$14,901
Total public works	$17,413	$19,684	$19,158
Total transportation and environment	$17,413	$19,684	$19,158
Total expenditures	$582,661	$594,139	$561,754

本文引用地址：http://tncnnews.com/cnorg/2014/0727/article_2080.html

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