In the latest volley in their years-long legal battle, the firefighters’ union filed a grievance against the city involving the city’s decision to take the heavy rescue truck off the road.
City Manager Kenneth A. Mix received the grievance late Tuesday in which it is claimed that the city violated its contract with the Watertown Professional Firefighters’ Association, Local 191.
Mr. Mix said the grievance has to do with the city not being up to date with a few standard operating procedures after the city took the rescue truck out of service for good last month.
“The fire chief is remedying that,” Mr. Mix said. The union also specifies that one of the firefighters should be paid a captain’s wages, he said.
In recent weeks, the rescue truck became the subject of a debate after it was permanently pulled off the road.
Union president Daniel Daugherty acknowledged that the grievance has nothing to do with the rescue truck, but did not want to divulge the union’s legal strategy.