BRIEF: Council settles contract with Oklahoma City firefighters
The council voted in favor of an election after an arbitrator ruled in favor of the union's "last-best offer" for a new one-year contract.
The city had sought to shift dispatch duties to civilians and to change overtime rules.
The union agreed to forgo across-the-board pay raises and to accept less for health insurance than other city employees were offered.
A settlement was reached after the
The two sides agreed to continue negotiations on the best way to handle dispatch duties.
A side deal resolves for now a staffing issue that limited opportunities for firefighters to use accrued holiday and vacation leave.
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