Tag Archives: unilateral action

Court Holds Military Leave Benefits Bargainable for Newark Firefighters

The Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court has ruled that the City of Newark must comply with an arbitrator’s ruling requiring the city to continue military leave benefits to deployed firefighters. That ruling essentially restores the city’s past practice that was put in place after 9-11.

Atlantic City Firefighters Suit Removed to Federal Court

A suit filed last week by the Atlantic City Firefighters, IAFF Local 198 against the City of Atlantic City and the State of New Jersey over proposed fire departments cutbacks has been removed to federal court.

Providence Firefighters Sue to Stop Increased Hours

Providence Firefighters IAFF Local 799 filed suit yesterday to block Mayor Jorge O. Elorza’s efforts to force an increase in the firefighter’s hours without additional compensation. Earlier this month, Elorza announced he planned to eliminate an entire shift and require all line personnel to begin working 56 hour workweeks. He claims he has the right under a Rhode Island Supreme Court ruling issued earlier this year...

North Kingstown Firefighters Prevail Again

There has been another decision favoring the North Kingstown Firefighters, IAFF Local 1651 in the contentious battle with town over switching from a four-shift 42 hour work-week to a three-shift fifty-six hour work-week without negotiating or compensating them for the ...

Seven North Kingstown Fire Department Cases Consolidated

In a highly unusual move, the Presiding Justice of the Superior Courts in the State of Rhode Island, Judge Alice B. Gibney, today consolidated seven different Superior Court lawsuits that have arisen out of the efforts of the town of ...

State Labor Board Rules North Kingstown Guilty of Bad Faith Bargaining

The long awaited written decision by the Rhode Island State Labor Board has been issued and it is a ringing victory for the beleaguered North Kingstown Firefighters, IAFF Local 1651, and a stinging defeat for the town. The firefighters had ...

Judge Rules Against TRO in North Kingstown Hail Mary Suit

It was over before it started. Actually it was over before we even found out about it! Recall the case filed last week by the town of North Kingstown seeking to stop the issuance of a Rhode Island State Labor ...

North Kingstown Files Hail Mary Suit to Block Labor Board Ruling

The seemingly simple case about whether an employer can unilaterally add 14 extra hours to its employees’ workweek without bargaining… an issue so simple that even those who never studied labor law “get it” once they understand the principles involved… ...

NK Firefighters Victorious Yet Again

Not to be remiss in reporting important fire law headlines, North Kingstown Firefighters IAFF Local 1651 have won another round of their epic battle with the town of North Kingstown by prevailing at the state labor board on their unfair ...

North Kingstown Ruling a Victory for Firefighters

North Kingstown Firefighters, IAFF Local 1651 have won another round in their protracted battle with the town. Earlier this year the town unilaterally changed the shifts and the hours of the firefighters from a four shift, 42 hour a week ...

Oneida Firefighters File Staffing Grievance

Firefighters in Oneida, New York are grieving a decision to reduce minimum shift staffing from five to four. The Oneida Professional Firefighters Association, IAFF Local No. 2692 filed the grievance after Mayor Don Hudson issued a directive to reduce the ...

Scranton Firefighters Lead Charge Against City Paying All Workers Minimum Wage

Scranton city workers, led by IAFF Local 60, have filed suit to block the mayor’s attempt to reduce their pay to $7.25 per hour, the Federal minimum wage. Last week Mayor Chris Doherty announced that he was unilaterally cutting the ...