Weeks after members of Akron’s police union and non-union City of Akron employees received retroactive and future pay raises, more than 500 additional city employees are getting pay bumps.
Akron City Council voted on Monday evening to approve the financial terms in the city’s new collective bargaining agreements with the unions representing Akron firefighters and many of the city’s “white collar” workers.
The agreements with the Akron Fire Fighters Association Local 330 (AFA) and the Civil Service Personnel Association means their members will receive retroactive 5% raises going back to the beginning of 2025 and additional 4.5% raises in 2026 and 2027. The previous collective bargaining agreements for both unions — covering 2022, 2023, and 2024 — gave them annual 4%, 4%, and 3% raises…