Overview

• The agreement would end four years of stalled negotiations and trigger hundreds of millions in budgeted retroactive pay.
• It matches 5% annual raises from the 2023 police contract and ties future increases to inflation, potentially reaching up to 20% over six years.
• The current fleet of 80 ambulances will remain unchanged and five-person minimum staffing requirements for fire apparatus are preserved.
• Interest arbitration mediation and backing from the Chicago Teachers Union and Fraternal Order of Police helped break the impasse.
• Union members will vote on the deal in late August and the City Council is slated to consider it at its Sept. 25 meeting unless an earlier session is scheduled.