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South Fulton, Georgia Firefighters Protest City Hall Over Skipped Raise, Contract Fight

10/09/2026

SOUTH FULTON, GA — Firefighters and retirees from South Fulton’s fire department lined up outside City Hall this week, holding signs demanding the city honor a contract it has already been ordered to follow once this year. At the center of the protest is a 3% raise the city says it will not pay on O

Pittsburgh Police Union Claims City Owes $5M In Unpaid Health Costs For Officers’ Survivors

10/09/2026

Pittsburgh’s police union is accusing the city of violating its contract by refusing to pay for health insurance for hundreds of spouses of dead officers — a decades-long practice the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 1 said it just learned about five years ago.The city’s largest workers’ union wa

LAPD Union Will Oppose Half-Cent Sales Tax Hike Pushed By Firefighters’ Union

10/07/2026

The Los Angeles Police Department’s officer union said Tuesday it will oppose Measure FD, the half-cent sales tax measure on the Nov. 3 ballot pushed by the city firefighters’ union — setting up a bitter and expensive clash between two of the city’s most powerful unions.The Police Protective League

Time Is Ticking For AFD To Hire Nearly 100 Firefighters To Reduce Workweeks Next Year

10/06/2026

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin Fire is facing a hiring deadline as the department works to fill nearly 100 positions in time to reduce workweeks under a new labor agreement.The workweek reduction is part of the labor contract the city signed with the Austin Firefighters Association in December 2025. The con

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