Crime & Safety
Terms Of New Naugatuck Firefighters Contract Released: Report
Raises are part of the contract but firefighters will also pay more for health care costs.
NAUGATUCK, CT — Terms of the Naugatuck Fire Union contract have been released and firefighters will receive a 2.5 percent pay increase for each of the next three years, which will cost taxpayers an additional $115,425, the Republican-American reports.
While firefighters will receive raises they also will be paying and contributing more toward their health insurance costs, officials told the Rep-AM. Overtime the health care component will save taxpayers money, officials said.
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The contract actually is retroactive to 2015-16.
For more details read the full Rep-Am story here.
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Originally written by Brian McCready
(Editor's Note: This story first ran previously but here it is again in case you missed it.)
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