This dispute over fair pay has been festering for half a decade.
Texas Supreme Court to rule on firefighter compensation battle with City of Houston
"Then is having to comply with Prop B, which says firefighters are to be paid the same, in every single category of pay, as police officers without regard to the fact, the undisputed fact, that the working conditions of firefighters and police officers are materially different," said Reagan Brown, an attorney representing the City of Houston.
"The City has treated the people’s desire for fair firefighter pay like Lucy has treated Charlie Brown’s desire to kick the football," said Phillips. "Bargaining under the act would not be collective bargaining, but collective begging," said Phillips.After the oral arguments, Firefighter Union Chief Marty Lancton stopped just short of declaring victory in one or potentially both of the cases.
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