NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FL – Unable to come to a contract agreement with its police union, the city of North Miami Beach, Florida is laying off 17 officers, 15% of its force. Both sides blame the other for the failure to reach a compromise.
Union President Mike Pons said he offered over $600,000 in cuts earlier this year plus a 10 percent cut in officer pay and benefits, but said the city wants them to cut another 20 percent in pay and benefits.
“A 30 percent pay cut in less than a year, it’s ridiculous,” he said. It’s just not reasonable, it just doesn’t make sense.”
City Manager Lyndon Bonner said the union made no offers at the bargaining table that would reduce officers’ base pay.
From NBCMiami.com.
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