Firefighters, city make little progress

The Havre firefighters union came to the bargaining table Wednesday night agreeing to drop one of its major proposals, but after that, contract negotiations with the city stalled.

After more than three hours of negotiations with the city, three union proposals, including the firefighters' wage raise and the city's health insurance contributions, were still not settled.

Representatives of Local 601 of the International Association of Firefighters, which represents 15 Havre firefighters, dropped a proposal asking the city to add the firefighters' health insurance contribution to their base wage...