Fire service deal to cost city $3M

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While the contract settlement with its 240 firefighters will cost more than $3 million over the life of the deal, the city dodged a $12-million expenditure when the firefighters' association withdrew its proposal for a 42-hour work week during recently completed negotiations. Windsor firefighters are the only major service across the province still working on a 48-hour cycle and cutting the work week would have forced the city to hire an additional 25 firefighters and 11 more officers to maintain mandated coverage levels.

Source: Windsor Star... (http://www.firehall.com/cgi-bin/refer?url=http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=d03a809e-c078-408d-bf8f-4dc89ad60e77&s=&linkid=201&parent=news)