The city's fire union has filed an unfair labor charge over a controversial response policy that dictates when firefighters use lights and sirens. The union contends the policy was unilaterally imposed without regard for the bargaining unit or the public.
The Detroit Fire Fighter Association filed its complaint Friday with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission alleging the city violated its duty to bargain under the Public Employment Relations Act with unilateral changes to terms and conditions of employment without bargaining in good faith.
The association's president, Mike Nevin, said the policy is a "public safety failure" and he "will not stop until it's corrected."
"This just shows the absolute disregard for the bargaining unit and the public," Nevin said Monday. "The mayor better take a good, hard look at what's going on here. I'm not playing around."