JURISDICTION

THE MONEY

THE DETAILS

Denver, Colorado Sheriff’s Department

• 10.0% over three years

• Arbitrated result.
• Arbitrator’s decision contradicts recent decision of another Arbitrator that Denver had an inability to pay, referring instead to the City’s fiscal condition as “turning the corner economically.”
• Arbitrator also awarded $25 annual increase in uniform allowance, to end at $525 annually in 2007.

Jackson, Michigan Fire Department

• July 1, 2004, 2.0%
• January 1, 2005, 2.0%
• July 1, 2005, 4.0%
• July 1, 2006, 4.0%
• July 1, 2007, 4.0%

• New limits on trade shifts.
• Removal of a rule that union meetings could not be held on City premises.
• A new flex schedule for 40-hour employees.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Police Department

• 2004, 3.0%
• 2005, 3.0%
• 2006, 3.0%

• First time in 22 years that contract has been settled without arbitration.
• Full-family health care co-payments to rise from $120 to $150 monthly.

Pima County, Arizona Sheriff’s Department

• 2005, 15.0%

• Sergeants received 10.0%.
• High raises granted by non collective-bargaining employer to stem turnover.

Sonora, California Police and Fire Departments

• 2005, 5.0% (police)
• 2005, 4.95% (fire)

• Raise designed to bring employer more in line with comparable employers.

Traverse City, Michigan Fire Department

• 2004, 4.5%
• 2005, 3.0%
• 2006, 3.0%

• Two other wage increases contingent on voter approval of repeal of civil service system.