Keokuk, IA – Keokuk could soon finalize a new multi-year deal with one of the unions representing city workers. The city has reached a tentative three-year contract with the firefighters' union. The agreement includes varying wage hikes for all members. Newer firefighters would receive annual pay hikes of roughly 2% while veterans would receive about 4.5% increases. Finance Committee Chairman, Doug Matlick, says the raises were prompted by a wage study that showed Keokuk's experienced firefighters are paid less than those in similar communities. He says a provision that gives certain retired firefighters a free health insurance policy will be eliminated in the new contract, which the city could vote on next week. Matlick says the firefighters' union has verbally agreed to the deal but has yet to return the signed contract to the city.
Keokuk Reaches Tentative Deal With Union
