Articles specific to labour relations between City Hall and the London Professional Fire Fighters Association.
Wage Restraint
London's firefighters are among employees affected by government wage restraints. collective agreements for two years and in the process limited wage increases for 621,000 government employees to six ...
Settlement possible with retired firemen, Mayor Gleeson hints
Mayor Al Gleeson hinted Tuesday there’s a chance of negotiating a settlement with two London fire department employees forced to retire at age 60, but he is still committed to ...
Compensation delays firemen’s return
Fred Holmes, former Platoon Chief Abandoning forced retirement at age 60 within the London fire department and reinstating two retirees may not end the local dispute. London district ...
Platoon Chief wins new life at 63
Forced retirement battle finally over Retired city fireman Fred Holmes is going back to work as a platoon chief. (Don Gibb , The London Free Press) The news ...
Firemen near police parity
London's first-class firefighters will earn almost $30,000 this year, slightly less than the coveted parity with their city police counterparts. City council Monday night approved a one-year contract for 1982, ...
Arbitrator puts firefighters just shy of $27,000 pay goal
By Tony Hodgkinson An arbitration board report released Monday gives London firefighters a 15 1/2 per cent pay increase for 1981, but keeps them just under the $27,000-a-year wage they ...
City, firefighters appear to be close to a new contract
The city and the 300-member-plus fire department could soon be signing a new contract agreement if a proposal of terms is accepted by the Board of Control Wednesday. Personnel director ...
Firefighters lose two court moves
The London Firefighters’ Association suffered a double blow Thursday in Toronto before the divisional court of appeal. It lost both an application for judicial review and for an injunction against ...