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Looks like we woke up SteveD. Notice he says nothing about the thirty nine thousand four hundred and twelve hours of overtime. Fact of the matter is the fire department is bleeding the city dry. Not only Warwick, but every city and town in RI. Highest paid in the country. All firefighters should be salaried employees, and you would see the nonsense end. Ridiculous benefits, insane paid holidays (14), sick pay bonuses, and the vast majority have other full time jobs.

There should be a clause in the contract that states that if the individual has other employment that he either waives his healthcare, or pays a higher co-pay. Nowhere else in private industry do these types of benefits exist. The other ridiculous thing is this BS of "suspended with pay". Notice that no firefighter has come out in public condemning the actions of Chief pot smoker Labbadia. Where is the outcry? Suspended with pay, what a punishment.

SteveD, make a legitimate argument on the abusive overtime. Here is some simple math. The argument from the department was that the addition of 20 men would ELIMINATE" THE OVERTIME. It didn't happen. So follow me now. A 40 hour work week for one man, 52 weeks in the year = 2080 hours of work.

Divide 39,412 by 2080 = 19 men. So we added 20 to eliminate the overtime, yet the overtime equals the salary of 19 full time men. Where are the savings. SteveD, now its your turn to make a legitimate mathematical argument. Are you capable?