WPRO News and the Associated Press
CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) – The Cranston City Council has ratified labor contracts costing about $470,000 over three years for school bus drivers and mechanics and for tradespeople such as plumbers.
The Providence Journal reports that the final cost is unclear because the two contracts allow the union-represented employees to seek additional wage increases for the 2016-2017 school year.
Bus drivers and mechanics will get pay raises from 6.5 percent to 7.7 percent in the first year and 2 percent in the second.
Plumbers, electricians and heating and cooling workers and others will receive pay raises of 4 percent in the first year and 2 percent in the second.
The agreements were endorsed by the administration of Mayor Allan W. Fung and ratified by unanimous council votes.
