Lt. David A. Wells, president of Firefighters Local 648, aid a meeting that had been set for Saturday was canceled due to a scheduling conflict. Sarno is meeting one-by-one with city unions and the firefighters’ turn is set for Friday, April 29.
SPRINGFIELD – The leadership of the city’s firefighter union plans to meet Monday to formulate a counterproposal to Mayor Domenic J. Sarno’s call for wage freeze and furloughs to offset a projected $5.4 million budget deficit beginning July 1.
Lt. David A. Wells, president of Firefighters Local 648, said a meeting that had been set for Saturday was canceled due to a scheduling conflict. Sarno is meeting one-by-one with city unions and the firefighters’ turn is set for Friday, April 29.