Fort Pierce commission adopts 5% or $1.20 wage adjustment for Teamsters unit, retroactive to Oct. 1

The Fort Pierce City Commission voted 4'to'1 on March 19, 2026, to resolve an impasse with Teamsters Local 769's general employees unit by adopting a pay adjustment of 5% or $1.20 per hour, whichever is greater, retroactive to Oct. 1. The commission also directed staff to monitor payroll lines and report back on how the additional cost will be covered.

The dispute centered on a 40'cent gap between the parties' proposals for the lowest paid employees: the union proposed a $1.60-per-hour minimum increase while the city offered 5% or $1.20, whichever is higher. "Both the union and the city agree on the 5% wage increase," Teamsters representative Steve Myers said in his opening. "The question before you today is not whether the employees should receive a raise, but ... will the raise be meaningful to the employees who need it most'the employees who are at the bottom of the pay range?" He added, "That is our impasse." (Steve Myers, Teamsters representative.)

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