NYC Security officers to get back pay http://www.privateofficer.com
NEW YORK, NY February 28, 2009
By:Brett Davis
Staff Reporter
Private Officer News Network
http://www.privateofficer.com/ —500 private security officers in Bew York City have hit paydirt but the money was already theirs. Security officers are getting close to $300,000 in back pay and benefits, thanks in part to an investigation by an area news reporter into a city security contractor.
The recent settlement of the workers claims was secured by City Comptroller Bill Thompson. Back in 2006 television station WNYC looked into complaints from employees and their union that Tristar Patrol Services was shortchanging workers who protect city buildings and the Staten Island Ferry.
WNYC’s probe found that just a few years earlier, the state comptroller cited Tristar for misrepresenting the training and qualifications of the guards, and the Tristar’s owner was previously convicted of assualt and forced to resign from the Port Authority police force.
The city selected a new contractor to supply security guards and now those previous security officer’s may get all of the money that has been due them. A spokesman for the New York secretary of state, which regulates the guard industry, says Tristar’s license was revoked in 2007.
The recent settlement of the workers claims was secured by City Comptroller Bill Thompson. Back in 2006 television station WNYC looked into complaints from employees and their union that Tristar Patrol Services was shortchanging workers who protect city buildings and the Staten Island Ferry.
WNYC’s probe found that just a few years earlier, the state comptroller cited Tristar for misrepresenting the training and qualifications of the guards, and the Tristar’s owner was previously convicted of assualt and forced to resign from the Port Authority police force.
The city selected a new contractor to supply security guards and now those previous security officer’s may get all of the money that has been due them. A spokesman for the New York secretary of state, which regulates the guard industry, says Tristar’s license was revoked in 2007.
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