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Northport, Local 342 agree on contract
Photo credit: T.C. McCarthy
Northport Village officials and their blue-collar employees have agreed on a new contract, after 2 1/2 years of negotiating.
The board of trustees voted on Feb. 5 to execute a memorandum of agreement with Local 342. The new contract is retroactive and covers five years — April 1, 2010, to March 31, 2015. The new agreement provides for wage increases: 2 percent as of April 1, 2012, 2.5 percent...