The union representing Environmental Police Officers, building on the significant gains it made in its previous contract, has reached a second wage deal with the de Blasio administration that its president said would raise salaries by roughly 26 percent over seven years and stem the high turnover in the job.
The raises, which significantly exceed the 11-percent hikes for that same period for other city uniformed unions, were made possible by a willingness to extend tours for the EPOs by 25 minutes, so that their shifts now last nine hours, said Kenneth Wynder, president of the Law Enforcement Employees Benevolent Association.
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