City Imposes Contract Despite Police Protest
Under protests from police union officials, the Long Beach City Council Tuesday declared an impasse in labor negotiations with the Long Beach police union and adopted the city’s last contract offer.
The attorney for the Long Beach Police Officers Assn. planned to seek a restraining order today to block the city from imposing the new one-year contract, which greatly increases management clout in the 650-member Police Department. City management has insisted that major changes in personnel policies are necessary to more efficiently manage the understaffed department and improve police service.
Union officials have said there will be no job actions, but vow they will fight the new contract legally and politically. “Unconditional surrender is what they want and they aren’t going to get it,” said union President Mike Tracy.
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