Questions still linger about the fate of firefighter union's stalled labor contract negotiations and the City's leadership days after San Antonio voters approved two of three firefighter union-backed city charter amendments.
The short answer is that nothing changes immediately. City Council first will approve a canvass of the votes on Nov. 15, and then later officially will adopt the amendments.
Proposition B, which earned an overwhelming 59 percent approval, places unprecedented caps on future city manager's pay and tenure. Voters were nearly split on Prop C, but granted the union unilateral authority to initiate binding arbitration with the city for a new labor contract. It's been about four years since the union's contract expired, and during that time the two sides haven't met across a negotiation table outside of a court-ordered mediation.