Corpus Christi cancels firefighters' contract

[TexasTowelie]

CORPUS CHRISTI - City officials are tired of stalled negotiations with the firefighters' union continuing indefinitely with no signs of progress, so they've take a drastic step to move the process forward.

City Council approved a resolution Tuesday to cancel the collective bargaining agreement between the city and its 414 employees covered by the contract.

"I'm hopeful that the fire union and their negotiation team will want to come forward and have a conversation and get back to the negotiation table," Mayor Nelda Martinez said. "We're not at the negotiation table now — we're in the courts."

Carlos Torres, president of the Corpus Christi Professional Firefighters Association, told the Caller-Times on Tuesday night he had yet to be told by a city official the contract had been canceled.

Read more: http://www.caller.com/news/local-news/corpus-christi-cancels-firefighters-contract_31774473

Cross-posted in the Labor Movement Group.

[Javaman]

1. "I'm hopeful that the fire union and their negotiation team will want to come forward...

and have a conversation"

that is until the first fire and the fire dept just sits and watches.

I have a feeling that the asshole city officials will then be the first to "come forward and have a conversation".