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Chicopee municipal employees tell council vacancies and rising insurance are driving recruitment problems
Summary
Public commenters from UFCW Local 1459 and city employees said roughly 70 municipal vacancies and steep health-insurance cost increases are pricing workers out of Chicopee jobs; councilors expressed sympathy but said charter rules limit council involvement in negotiations.
Several municipal employees and union representatives told the Chicopee City Council they face low wages, rising insurance costs and persistent vacancies that are undermining city services.
Crystal Boucher, representing UFCW Local 1459, told the council the administration and laborer groups have been offered wages that do not keep pace with the cost of living and insurance increases; she said roughly 70 municipal positions across groups remain…
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