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"Our argument, the one I have made for 3 years, is that swapping shifts instead of taking a sick day or using a vacation day, preserves vacation and sick days to be monetized at a later date for higher wage. Those are facts." That is exactly correct. How can no one use sick time? They need to eliminate these swaps for the relief of the taxpayer. Cashing out sick days and vacation days is extremely expensive. Warwick Fire has gone over its overtime budget for at least 35 years in a row. I also agree that the pensions need reforming. Otherwise, Warwick will find itself like Providence; near bankruptcy and telling retirees to take haircuts left and right.