The firefighters' union is talking about getting involved in the city's charter election amid labor contract and budget talks.
Joe Jones, president of the San Antonio Professional Fire Fighters Association, meets with colleagues outside the Municipal Plaza Building on Tuesday.It’s nearly crunch time for the City of San Antonio to reach a labor contract deal with the firefighters’ union as City Council’s deadline to finalize the fiscal year 2025 budget approaches.
The union represents a vast majority of SAFD’s roughly 1,800 firefighters and paramedics and, like the police union, historically has had significant political sway. “We will continue to meet with the association with the goal of having something final by then, depending on where we land, we may have to make some changes to the budget proposal,” Villagómez said. “It’s too early to tell at this point.”expires on Dec. 31 but a five-year evergreen clause keeps most of the current contract terms, including annual increases to health care premiums, in place without annual base-pay increases.
The union kept the first-year raise at 11% in its proposal, but offered slightly smaller raises in the second and third years; from 9% to 8% and from 7% to 6%, respectively. The city said it would consider the union’s proposal and respond with a financial counter during its next bargaining session on Aug. 23.
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