Upset over the way the city rolled out civil service rules last fall, the union representing Arlington firefighters has now turned to the courts.
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Tarrant County, the Arlington Professional Firefighters sued the city and named Fire Chief Don Crowson, city human resources director Kari Jo Zika and members of the city's Civil Service Commission as defendants.
The lawsuit contends that the city set up a new set of rules for promotions that deprived firefighters of deserved increases in rank and pay.
Firefighters won a civil service election in May that many city officials opposed. As civil service rules were put into place last fall, the firefighters association was unhappy with the way it was done.