Union leaders, City Hall clash over pace of negotiations
BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter fspielman@suntimes.com December 6, 2012 12:10AM
Mayor Rahm Emanuel
Updated: January 7, 2013 7:21AM
Union leaders are accusing Mayor Rahm Emanuel of jeopardizing a groundbreaking agreement on three pivotal issues — a new contract, retiree health care and a solution to the city’s pension crisis — by cutting off negotiations that were “90 percent done.” Sources said the Chicago Police Sergeants Association and Chicago Firefighters Local 2 spent six months in intensive negotiations with the city after the mayor established an ambitious timetable of solving all three issues by Labor Day.
