A federal arbitrator has ruled that the City of St. Albans violated its union contract nearly a year ago when it laid-off three full-time firefighters and replaced them with a call force from St. Albans Town.
In his Aug. 26 decision, Lawrence E. Katz, an arbitrator based in Newton, Mass., said the city must reinstate Jordan Hayes, Randy Dame and Rocky Berry with full seniority and give them retroactive pay and benefits. They lost their jobs in September 2009.
Read more from tonight's St. Albans Messenger:
http://www.samessenger.com/node/386 (http://www.samessenger.com/node/386)
St. Albans has 30 days to appeal - Read more from tonight's St. Albans Messenger:
http://www.samessenger.com/node/389 (http://www.samessenger.com/node/389)