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Committee forwards tentative Hartford firefighters contract after questions about retroactive pay and future raises
Summary
The committee voted Jan. 15 to send a tentative successor collective bargaining agreement between the City of Hartford and Hartford Firefighters Association Local 760 to the full City Council. Members questioned six months of retroactive pay, an unusual post-contract wage step and a roughly $3.31 million fiscal impact.
The Special Operations Management Budget and Government Accountability Committee voted Jan. 15 to forward a tentative successor collective bargaining agreement between the City of Hartford and Hartford Firefighters Association Local 760 to the full City Council with a favorable recommendation.
Corporation Counsel Jonathan Harding summarized the deal, saying the contract term runs from Jan. 1, 2025, through June 30, 2029, and that the agreement "will only have retroactivity going back 6 months to 07/01/2025." Harding said the package "will start with an 8% general wage increase," followed by scheduled…
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