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Fresno council approves firefighter labor agreements and suspends labor-management rules briefly; council thanks unions and staff

5781859 · September 12, 2025
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The council approved two memoranda of understanding with firefighter bargaining units and temporarily suspended parts of the city’s labor-management act to allow bargaining. The agreements include multi-year percentage pay increases and were approved unanimously.

The Fresno City Council on Sept. 11 approved two memoranda of understanding covering fire personnel and temporarily suspended portions of the city’s labor-management rules to finalize the agreements.

Council voted 7-0 to suspend the labor-management rules for 15 days to permit ongoing bargaining timelines. Council then approved two separate MOUs with firefighter bargaining units by unanimous votes: one covering Local 202…

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