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Finance committee ratifies labor contracts, confirms DPW director in package vote
Summary
Cranston’s finance committee on April 7 ratified collective bargaining agreements with Teamsters Local 251 and Laborers Local 1322 and gave advice and consent to Mayor Hopkins’ appointment of Frank Correo as director of public works; members emphasized need for continuity, verified funding and asked for procedural follow-ups.
Cranston’s finance committee on April 7 approved union contracts that cover municipal employees and gave the mayor’s nominee for public works director the committee’s assent, moving both labor agreements and the appointment to the full council for final action.
Union contracts: The committee approved ordinances ratifying two collective bargaining agreements. Ordinance 32-501 ratified the agreement with Teamsters Local 251 covering municipal employees for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027. Ordinance 32-502 (numbering in the packet) ratified the Laborers Local 1322 contract for the same period. Public commenters representing labor — including Arthur Jordan, business manager of the Rhode Island Laborers District Council and a longtime Cranston resident, and Gary Da Silva of Teamsters Local 251 — urged the…
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