Yonkers firefighters, city try to resolve 'minimum staffing' issue

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Yonkers firefighters, city try to resolve 'minimum staffing' issue

Written by Colin Gustafson

Oct 16 lohud.com

YONKERS — The mayor and the city’s firefighters union have agreed to hold off on arbitration proceedings in hopes of resolving a dispute over minimum staffing levels as part of regular contract talks this week.

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http://www.lohud.com/article/20121017/NEWS/310170047?odyssey=obinsite

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After closed-door contract talks broke down last month, the city and its firefighters union are headed back to arbitration to resolve a long-simmering dispute over staffing.

The two sides are due to appear before an independent arbitrator on Jan. 9, three months after they called off the proceeding in a good-will effort to iron out the disagreement on minimum staffing levels as part of regular contract talks.

“We believe we have made a good-faith effort” at negotiating, said Yonkers Fire Local 628 President Barry McGoey, but “the city is thus far not agreeable to our terms.”

Firefighters, Yonkers look to arbitrator again

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Same ole story......don't get me started........when plan-A thru E don't work......ummmmm, lets go back to Plan-A again.

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How much more can they cut you guys back????? Don't they realize they are playing with gasoline around a fire??