Jailers sign 2011 contract

Whitman County commissioners Monday approved a collective bargaining contract for 2011 with the county’s 15 jail workers who are represented by the Teamsters Union.

The contract is retroactive to the start of the year.

Under the contract, the county’s contribution to the medical insurance of jailers was increased by $20 to $735 per month. No pay increases were included.

Jailers are insured through the Teamsters composite insurance plan, the only union in the county to be insured under the Teamsters plan.

The county’s correction’s officers are represented by the Teamsters Local Union 690 out of...