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San Antonio voters are heading to the ballot box on May 1 to vote on the Proposition B, an issue that has been highly contentious for years. And it appears that the nation is watching.
The New York Times said in a March article that union and city leaders in the U.S. are especially watching if San Antonio voters will approve or reject the ballot item, which calls for the repeal of the San Antonio Police Association s collective bargaining abilities, which in turn would weaken the force s power to protect officers accused of misconduct.
/ San Antonio Police Officer s Assocation President Danny Diaz (left) stands with Alonzo Hardin, president of the San Antonio Black Police Officers Coalition during a press conference outside the union headquarters in Northeast San Antonio
As communities across the country react to Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict in the murder of George Floyd, San Antonio is in the midst of a political fight over police accountability.
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May 1 municipal election ballot is Proposition B. It would repeal collective bargaining for the police union. Supporters say this would allow the public to have a say in future police contracts. Opponents claim this will make it harder for the department to recruit and maintain officers.
City of San Antonio, police union extend contract talks
City of San Antonio, police union extend contract talks
No agreement yet on the city’s top priority reducing an arbitrator’s power in the appeals process
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San Antonio – With no deal in sight on several key issues, the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Police Officers Association have agreed to extend their contract talks through May 12.
The original 60-day window for collective bargaining ends on April 27, and Monday was the last bargaining day in their original schedule. By agreeing to a 15-day extension, the two sides can keep the talks going. The current contract runs through Sept. 30 and has an eight-year evergreen clause.
In San Antonio, Police Reformers Square Off with the Cops’ Union
A proposal to end collective bargaining, on the ballot May 1, aims to spur police accountability in Texas’ second-largest city.
Protesters chant Hands up, don t shoot! in San Antonio, on June 3, 2020, as they march in a protest sparked by the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. AP Photo/Eric Gay
A proposal to end collective bargaining, on the ballot May 1, aims to spur police accountability in Texas’ second-largest city.
Protesters chant Hands up, don t shoot! in San Antonio, on June 3, 2020, as they march in a protest sparked by the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. AP Photo/Eric Gay
City and police union still stuck on discipline with one contract negotiation session to go
No compromise in sight on reforming appeals process for fired cops; final bargaining session Monday
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SAN ANTONIO – The city and police union continue to butt heads over how much power an arbitrator should have to reinstate fired San Antonio police officers.
The city’s goal to reform the appeals process and make it harder for fired cops to get their jobs back has been the biggest and stickiest issue of the ongoing contract negotiation. With just one scheduled negotiation session left on Monday, April 19, the two sides still haven’t found a compromise.