Tag Archives: contract clause

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.

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The US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against retired Chattanooga firefighters who sought to block the city’s pension reform that reduced their “guaranteed” cost of living allowance. When is a guarantee not a guarantee?

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The 6th Circuit has ruled against a retired firefighter and a retired police officer from Lexington, Kentucky who sought to block efforts to reduce their pension COLAs. The case dates back to 2013 when Lexington Mayor Jim Gray sought to address a pension shortfall – not by funding the pension – but by reducing the pensioners’ COLAs.

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The Supreme Court of Georgia handed Atlanta firefighters, along with other city workers, a loss in their bid to challenge significant increases to their pension contributions. Police, firefighters and city workers filed a class action suit in 2013 seeking to block the city’s attempt to increase their pension contributions by at least 5%, and up to an additional 10% depending on how much the city has to increase its contributions.

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Two retired Chattanooga firefighters have filed a class action suit claiming the city’s attempt to cut their pensions is illegal. William Melhorn and James Gaston joined two retired Chattanooga police officers, Johnny Frazier and Reuben Salter, in filing a nine-page ...

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Today’s burning question: Can a city unilaterally increase the amount that firefighters pay each week toward their pension while reducing their own contribution by the same amount? That is the issue in a case filed Thursday in Federal District Court ...

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