Cost-of-living raises for 171 employees in three labor unions that will cost the city of Great Falls $480,676 over two years were approved Tuesday by the City Commission.
“We are set for another two years in our bargaining process here,” said Gaye McInerney, human resources director.
The two-year agreement calls for a 2.5 percent salary increase in the first year, and a 2.75 percent increase in the second year, for general members of the union. Emergency Communications Center members will 2.75 percent pay increases for each year of the contract. The salary increases to the city is about $170,366.
