Wallingford: Somehow, it doesn’t seem that the situation with the school budget has been optimally handled all the way around. A solution which involves kicking the lowest paid workers out of jobs doesn’t seem fair, either.
Southington: there’s nothing very new about the costs attributable to the landfill operation. What continues to perplex people is how much seems to hang on events now far receded into history and over which we have no control at all.
Meriden: another union reaches terms, running each member about $870. Isn’t this sort of thing better than layoffs? There seems to be so much strategy around in terms of negotiations that it’s hard to pin down any actual costs.
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The Meriden Firefighters Union Local 1148 gave back $88,000 even though they weren't facing layoffs and the Broad St firehouse had already been saved prior to the giveback. Not a word of thanks from the public or anyone else, the R-J included.
Don't expect any givebacks next year to an unappreciative populace.
You've got my thanks...the Firefighters Union did the right thing by stepping to the plate.
I am sure they will make it up on overtime.
No the firefighters won't make up the $88,000 giveback in overtime my friend. It doesn't work that way. This was a straight donation to the city. No furlough days were included, no missed work like some of the other unions, thus no overtime.
Thanks to the one person who thanked us. As for the rest of Meriden......next year will be different.
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