Panel OK’s firefighter drug tests, 19% raise

Arbitration ruling caps 4-year contract impasse | Mayor expects fallout in other union talks

By Andrew Ryan and Donovan Slack

Globe Staff / April 20, 2010

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A labor arbitration panel has ruled that Boston firefighters must submit to random drug and alcohol testing in exchange for a 19 percent raise over four years, a significant bump that will dwarf the pay increases for other city unions. (Full article: 900 words)