Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Jacksonville, Unions at Impasse but Still Talking



Posted: April 19, 2010 - 5:45pm

By Matt Galnor

Jacksonville is at impasse with four of its six unions and is looking at dates for hearings with magistrates to hear the disputes.

Yet city negotiators continue to hold bargaining sessions with those same unions, as they did Monday with the Fraternal Order of Police, to continue to work on a new contract.

Problem is, there's still no movement on the big three issues that drove the two sides to impasse: wages, pensions and health insurance.