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Council approves amended ordinance on arbitration of labor disputes after weeks of debate
Summary
After extended debate and public comment from union representatives, the Memphis City Council approved an amended ordinance setting a process for resolving impasses over economic items in labor negotiations; an amendment offered by Councilman Smiley that reduces the middle arbitrator step and emphasizes mediation passed 7–3.
The Memphis City Council on March 24 approved an ordinance to prescribe how impasses over economic items in city labor negotiations are handled, adopting an amendment that emphasizes mediation and shortens the middle arbitrator step.
Attorney Wade, who helped draft the proposal, told the council the ordinance is intended to produce comparable economic packages so the council can make an informed decision. "The charter requires us to prescribe by ordinance a procedure for arbitration of economic items only," Wade said, adding the measure is meant to present the administration’s and associations’ economic proposals in a comparable form so the council can decide.
Councilman Smiley offered an amendment that, he…
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