Dallas medics owed thousands in unpaid wages after working Fair Park events

The company the city of Dallas once hired to manage Fair Park owes tens of thousands of dollars to Dallas Fire-Rescue medics.The medics worked at Fair Park last year and still have not been paid for their time.Oak View Group, also known as OVG360, still owes some DFR medics $1,000 or more for the time they spent working during events at Fair Park between March and August of last year.Dallas hired the company to manage Fair Park but cut ties last summer after an audit found money allocated to building a park was instead being used for operating expenses.Even after the city canceled its contract with Oak View Group in June, a firefighter source told FOX 4 they were assured the city’s attorney was working to get them paid. Many DFR medics continued to work at events scheduled by Oak View Group through August.A list obtained by FOX 4 shows that more than 50 medics are owed a total of $27,504. Individual medics are owed amounts ranging from $200 to more than $1,500."With FIFA currently in D
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