Mistakes stall back pay for hundreds of Chicago firefighters and paramedics

Mistakes stall back pay for hundreds of Chicago firefighters and paramedics

Hundreds of Chicago firefighters and paramedics are still waiting for four years’ worth of retroactive pay raises after Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration fumbled the ball in distributing the checks.Pat Cleary, president of the Chicago firefighters union, said the city’s failure to deliver back pay checks by the Dec. 30 deadline means the city must pay 4.5% annual interest on payments as high as $35,000.The problem started when the city wait…