The saga continues... now there's Boston Fire channels on the RapidSOS feed site.
The saga continues... now there's Boston Fire channels on the RapidSOS feed site.
Channel 6 is beginning the process. All units switching to channel 1.
#OTD 1919 Mass Gov #CalvinCoolidge called in the #NationalGuard to put down a contentious #BostonPD strike. As crime ran rampant in city, the soldiers used #MachineGuns on crowds, and killed near a dozen.
All 1,100 cop participants in the police #strike were fired, and #unemployed WWI #veterans replaced them. Ironically, they got higher salaries and more off-days than the fired striking cops asked for.
Coolidge's cool refusal to capitulate to #OrganizedLabor #unions made him a #ConservativeIcon and primed him for a winning #presidential run in 1920.
#RonaldReagan revered Coolidge and fired the striking #AirTrafficControllers in the 1980's near a Coolidge portrait hung prominently in the #WhiteHouse.