Firefighters, city reach tentative agreement
KTRK-13 is reporting that Houston firefighters may have come to a contract agreement with the city:
Houston firefighters have never stopped fighting fire, even as their contract negotiations sputtered on and off. But negotiators on both sides reached a tentative agreement Thursday.
"The increase in hours is no longer there. The increase in days we will work is no longer there and there is a considerable amount of lesser money," said Roland Chavez with the Houston Firefighters Union.
Among the agreement's main points are the following...
# There will be no additional work hours or shifts
# Firefighters will get a 26 percent raise over 3½ years
# There is a promotions compromise through formation of blue ribbon panel.
KEVIN WHITED ADDS
Here's my favorite part from the KTRK story:
Mayor Bill White says a committee won't solve everything.
"Committees are good, but we need to figure out what happens if the committees don't act," said Mayor White. "I think most of us want progress."
A committee won't solve everything?
Isn't this the man who just gave us a Parking Commission when Houston never needed one before?
Committee won't solve everything?
What has KTRK done with our Mayor?! This guy sounds like an imposter!
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 08/25/05 08:51 PM | Print | Comments (2)
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