Our city council is a joke

[SJFF]

Get this, after almost 20 months of negoitations our local finally had a tentative agreement with the city (except wages, which are going to arbitration). So our Chief takes it to council last night and guess what?. It doesn't pass. the vote was 5-5 with one councillor missing. He's back next week, but he hates us so we're pretty sure it will get defeated. What a joke. Why do they even bother sending someone to negotiate with us if there not going to accept the deal that both sides worked so hard for.

Just wanted to get that off my chest.

Stay safe

[itsnotahobby]

Get this, after almost 20 months of negoitations our local finally had a tentative agreement with the city (except wages, which are going to arbitration). So our Chief takes it to council last night and guess what?. It doesn't pass. the vote was 5-5 with one councillor missing. He's back next week, but he hates us so we're pretty sure it will get defeated. What a joke. Why do they even bother sending someone to negotiate with us if there not going to accept the deal that both sides worked so hard for.

Just wanted to get that off my chest.

Stay safe

This shit is hard to deal with sometimes. It can be very frustrating to say the least when this sort of thing happens. The bonus is that if it ends up going to arbitration as well the arbitrator will look more favorably on the association.

[Profire]

Get this, after almost 20 months of negoitations our local finally had a tentative agreement with the city (except wages, which are going to arbitration). So our Chief takes it to council last night and guess what?. It doesn't pass. the vote was 5-5 with one councillor missing. He's back next week, but he hates us so we're pretty sure it will get defeated. What a joke. Why do they even bother sending someone to negotiate with us if there not going to accept the deal that both sides worked so hard for.

Just wanted to get that off my chest.

Stay safe

I know it must be frustrating, but you must realize any agreement in negotiations must be ratified by both sides, if either side turns it down you are back to square one (I have to think that if Council is this displeased with the deal, heads may very well roll in HR)

Also you bother to send someone to negotiate because both sides are contractually obligated to do so