Union leader slammed as distasteful after pushing for more OT pay during slain NYPD cop Jonathan Dillers funeral
A Long Island union boss is being slammed for a complaint that his workers weren’t paid enough overtime for their work during the funeral for slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller.Civil Service Employees Association 830 President Ron Gurrieri filed a grievance against Nassau County on behalf of the Department of Public Works employees he represents, saying they didn’t get compensated to handle road closures in Massapequa for Diller’s March 30 funeral.“Relief requested for all affected members to receive all benefits lost, monies, OT, etc,” Gurrieri said in the April 8 grievance.“The County of Nassau, specifically DPW, violates the CBA [collective bargaining agreement] when they contracted out road closures duties on Merrick Road, which is a county road, for the funeral of NYC Police Officer Jonathan Diller,” read the grievance.The complaint said CSEA members are “fully equipped and capable of closing the road and have closed many roads in the past.”Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman blasted Gurrieri for exploiting a funeral of a hero cop to make more overtime on the taxpayer dime.His office also said it was the Nassau County Police Department that assisted DWP workers in handling the road closure and diverting traffic, and none of the work was contracted out.“Not only is your assertion incorrect.
I find the whole premise distasteful and disturbing,” Blakeman said in a June 24 response to the CSEA president.“I do not believe the hardworking members of your union and my employees would be so cynical and callous to want to profit with overtime at the expense of Police Officer Diller’s funeral and blessed memory,” Blakeman said.On March 25, 31-year-old Diller encountered a career criminal in a parked car in Far Rockaway.Guy Rivera, 34, with 21 arrests on his record, allegedly pulled out a pistol and opened fire, fatally striking Diller in the stomach, just underneath his bullet proof vest.
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