Memphis City Council members scrapped a veto override of a reworking of the city’s impasse procedure during the Tuesday, May 26 meeting.
On May 12, Mayor Paul Young vetoed an amendment that pared down the city’s impasse procedure from three arbitrators to a single mediator. A new proposal featuring a six-person mediation will be considered on June 9.
For the time being, city workers’ bargaining units will be governed by the previous set of rules. Council members would like to lock down the new procedure before considering a dispute between the city and the firefighters’ union…