Politics & Government
Firefighters Get New Contract
Firemen will get raises and contribute more for medical insurance as part of four-year agreement.
Firefighters will get a 2.25 percent salary boost this year and 2.5 percent each of the next three years as part of a new four-year contract with Northbrook.
Firemen also will be required to pay more toward the cost of their medical insurance and coverage as part of the agreement approved unanimously by trustees Tuesday.
This year’s pay hike will be retroactive to May 1, 2011 when the previous agreement expired.
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The new contract expires April 30, 2015.
As part of the new agreement, premium costs went up to 11 percent on May 1 and will go up another 1 percent - to 12 percent, next May 1.
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In addition, significant modifications to the plan of benefits for insurance coverage are included in the new contract, including increases to deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums, according to a memo furnished by the Village.
Total cost of the new agreement was not available.
Sixty firemen and lieutenants, members of Local 1894 of the International Association of Firefighters, had been working without a contract since April 30, 2011.
A tentative agreement was reached this March. The union ratified the agreement earlier this month. Bargaining began in April, 2011, village officials said.
Negotiations are continuing with the patrolmen's union. That agreement expired April 30, 2011, village officials said.
