Tag Archives: scope of collective bargaining

Syracuse Firefighters, IAFF Local 280, won an important victory last week in terms of maintaining their right to bargain over disciplinary matters. The city took the position that under recent case law, disciplinary matters were exempted from bargaining under the state’s Second Class Cities Law.

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“The testimony and documentary evidence from the arbitration proceedings … clearly establishes an unambiguous and powerful link between shift staffing and firefighter health and safety.”

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In a stunning reversal the Rhode Island Supreme Court has ruled that the Town of North Kingstown was justified in increasing the hours of its firefighters by 14 hours per week without bargaining because the firefighters' union failed to meet a statutory deadline.

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