Tag Archives: increasing hours

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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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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… ...

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The Rhode Island Supreme Court has dealt the firefighters in North Kingstown a serious setback in their battle with the town over an unprecedented increase in their hours from 42 to 56 per week. The case has been in the ...

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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 ...

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