Contract is approved by the Stafford Department of Public Works
The Stafford Department of Public Works and its union have agreed to a four-year contract that freezes pay in the first year and requires workers to take 10 furlough days this year. Township Administrator James Moran says Teamsters Local 97 and Public Works employees agreed to no raises in 2009 and 3-percent raises in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Moran adds Stafford workers in the American Federation of State and Municipal Employees agreed to an identical deal.