by rondelord | May 12, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Unions
El Paso’s city firefighters put on a costly campaign to get their message out to the voters and it paid off in Saturday’s election. Voters approved all three propositions of the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 51, ending a yearlong...
by rondelord | Nov 17, 2014 | Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the city’s new contract with the El Paso Municipal Police Officers Association that includes a 1.25 percent cost-of-living wage increase and other benefits. The wage increase contained in the collective bargaining...