JURISDICTION

THE MONEY

THE DETAILS

Green Bay, Wisconsin Police Department

• 2009, No increase
• 2010, 2%
• 2011, 2.5%

• None given.

Lauderhill, Florida Fire Department

• October 2009, No increase
• October 2010, 2% lump sum payment
• October 2011, Tied to CPI; capped at 4%

• Employees hired after September 30, 2009, will receive less lucrative pension benefits.

New Haven, Connecticut Police Department

• 2008 to 2011, 3.25% annually
• January 2012, 2%
• June 2012, 2%

• The new contract increases the amount of employee health insurance contributions and eliminates spousal health insurance for officers who retire.

Palatine, Illinois Fire Department@

• January 2008, 4%
• January 2009, 3%
• July 2009, 0.5%
• January 2010, 2%
• July 2010, 2%

• Union agrees to suspend sick leave buy-back program and concede its paramedic stipend.

Sioux City, Iowa Police Department

• July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2012, 2.25% annually

• Smallest salary increase in 19 years.
• Employees will contribute more to their health insurance premiums.

Vancouver, Washington Police Department

• January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2011, No increase

• None given.

Wyoming, Michigan Fire Department

• October 2009, 6.6%

• The new contract, which goes from July 2008 to June 2012, does not include any other wage increases, and firefighters will start paying 10% of their health insurance premiums in January, not to exceed 2% of base pay.