Arbitration Over, Hawaii Firefighters To Get New Contract

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The Hawaii Fire Fighters Association union has received a tentative deal on a new collective bargaining agreement.

According to HFFA President Bobby Lee, a draft arbitration award is now making the rounds throughout the islands.

Lee didn’t want to disclose any details of the award until his membership has seen it, but if it’s anything like previous arbitration decisions Hawaii’s firefighters can expect to see some pay raises.

The HFFA’s contract expired in 2011. Similar to the state’s other major public safety union — the State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers — arbitration was needed to come to a deal.

Once a final award is completed, Lee said the four counties and the Legislature will have to approve the funding.

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