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NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — The North Kingstown Town Council met in a rare Monday morning session to respond to a ruling by the State Labor Relations Board regarding the scheduling of town firefighters.
The State Labor Relations Board ruled Friday that town firefighters be taken off the 24-hour on/48-hour off shifts they’ve been working since March 2012 and returned to their old schedules. But the town is digging in its heels, filing a motion Monday in Superior Court for a stay. “We strongly believe as a council that if we don’t have the right to do what we did then it is not the elected body that can represent the taxpayers,” Council President Elizabeth Dolan said.
Dolan said the town is saving taxpayers $1.2 million a year by putting the firefighters on the 24-hour shifts.
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