Youngstown, firefighters agree on contract

YOUNGSTOWN

The city has a tentative three-year contract with its firefighters union with salary increases for its members for the first time in five years.

The increases “are in line with other union contracts that were approved,” said Mayor John A. McNally.

That would be a 1-percent raise in the first year, effective Sunday, followed by a 1.5-percent raise the second year, and a 1-percent salary increase in the final year of the contract. The previous contract expired this past Sunday.

The city has signed contracts with four other employee unions in recent months with those annual pay raises.

David Cook, president of the 138-member International Association of Firefighters Local 312, confirmed the salary increases, but he declined to discuss other specifics today.

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