Mobile Mayor Stimpson fires 10 'sick out' employees

Mayor Sandy Stimpson has fired 10 public works employees involved in a “sick out” earlier this month.

In a statement, Stimpson said after conducting 26 internal, pre-disciplinary hearings 16 employees were reinstated and 10 were terminated.

“We are actively hiring and encourage interested applicants to keep a look out for open positions on the personnel board website,” the statement read. “To ensure our citizens do not experience gaps in service, we have mobilized additional city personnel including retired employees to assist the trash department and are exploring commercial options to supplement these efforts.”

On Tuesday, Oct. 7, a number of employees in the trash department called in sick and showed up at the Mobile City Council meeting to speak out about racially based harassment within the department. Ten employees walked off their jobs as part of the protest, city attorney Ricardo Woods said at the time. A total of 21 employees were put on paid administrative leave that week and awaited hearings.

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