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  • CA: Record pay raises ahead for state firefighters- Increase will kick in on contract's last day

    03/25/2006 12:25:22 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 9 replies · 423+ views
    San Diego Union - Tribune ^ | 3/25/06 | Ed Mendel
    SACRAMENTO – Some state firefighters will get a pay raise in June estimated to average 22 percent, and others may be able to retire with pensions higher than their final salary. That could give the firefighters, who have long complained about being underpaid, the largest one-time pay increase ever received by members of a state labor union. The big pay raise on June 30, estimated to cost the state $38.7 million next fiscal year, comes on the last day of a little-publicized union contract approved by lawmakers five years ago. The firefighter contract, which has already boosted base salaries and...