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Toledo Firefighters IAFF Local 92, Fact Finder's Report
HR Dept-Michael Niedzielski (x2182); Kayla Frasco (x1508)
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Accepting the recommendations set forth in the Fact Finding Report in the matter of the City of Toledo and the Toledo Firefighters, IAFF Local 92; approving the revision of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement between the parties for a successor agreement, consistent with the bargained understandings; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The City of Toledo and the Toledo Firefighters IAFF Local 92 (Local 92) are parties to a collective bargaining agreement that expired on March 31, 2024. Pursuant to the statutory bargaining process under the Ohio Revised Code, the City and Local 92 met multiple times beginning in January 2024 in order to negotiate the terms of successor agreement.
Throughout that time, the parties reached tentative agreements on many contract issues and resolved all open contract sections besides Section 2125.84 "Base Wages." The tentative agreements reached focus on supporting recruitment and retention of paramedics through an increase to the paramedic differential, an increase to the minimum number of required paramedics, an improved paramedic program, a commitment to staffing rigs for ALS capability, and language which clarifies the paramedic recall process. Further, the agreement provides that Local 92 members who suffer from occupational illness may be eligible for paid leave under the City's injury pay program, and bolsters other fringe benefits such as paid holidays and funeral pay.
Although the parties were successful in reaching tentative agreements on multiple contract issues, they were unable to reach a full agreement, and so the parties exercised their right, pursuant to O.R.C. ?4117.14, to engage in fact finding before a mutually-selected neutral. On April 23 and May 5, 2025, the City and the International Association of Firefighters Local 92 presented evidence and testimony ...
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