Officers Reject Offer, Say They May Strike
For the first time in a bitter 10-month labor battle with Long Beach, leaders of the city’s police union Friday raised the possibility of a strike, although they insisted that they would only take the action as a last resort.
“A strike will be our absolute last alternative, but we do have a strike plan now,” Mike Tracy, president of the Long Beach Police Officers Assn., said Friday. “My personal opinion is we will never get there. But we do realize it’s something we have to plan for.”
Tracy’s comment came as union members took a court-ordered vote on the city’s last contract offer, made in October. The proposed agreement was rejected 348 to 1, union officials said.
City officials were reluctant to comment about a possible strike other than to say that such an action would be illegal.
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