By Tim White
WPRI
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — When Rhode Island’s governor utters the words “state of emergency,” it comes with a hefty price tag.
Correctional officers at the state prison immediately begin collecting double-time-and-a-half pay when the governor declares an emergency due to a 2006 arbitration award, according to union contracts and a ruling obtained by Target 12. Most other unionized state workers get time-and-a-half.
“Double-time-and-a-half – I’ve never heard of that until I became governor,” Gov. Lincoln Chafee told Target 12.
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