The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reports that Houston firefighters have voted to accept a new contract with the city. The contract now must go to Council for final approval, which should just be a formality.
The new contract is the result of protracted negotiations made necessary after firefighters rejected a contract that was negotiated hastily after Mayor White went public and effectively ran roughshod over the HFD negotiators. Firefighters rejected that first deal by nearly a two-to-one margin.
