‘Evergreen contracts’ for All RI Police and Fire Fighter Unions? Contested Law May Expand
“Despite a pending legal challenge, the Senate is poised to vote Tuesday to extend the state’s never-ending-contract law to local police and fire department employees, over the angry howls of mayors and town administrators. North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi, writing in his role as,” reports Katherine Gregg in The Providence Journal.
“As president of the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns, begged the senators not to pass the bills, which have long been sought by local public-employee unions. In a letter to the senators, Lombardi said the three bills, taken together, would remove any leverage mayors and administrators have in contract negotiations and leave them.”
