Fire Union Demands Change As Fort Worth Begins Collecting Overpayments

Arlington TX

14 March, 2022

7:49 PM

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By Emily Wolf, Fort Worth Report March 14, 2022 Hundreds of Fort Worth firefighters have been overpaid since 2014. Now, the union representing department employees is trying to force change within the city through arbitration. "We want the city to make it where we can read our checks and have a system we can count on," IAFF 440 President Michael Glynn said. At issue is the complicated math behind calculating firefighters' paychecks, and a city HR system that has had trouble adjusting salary and incentive changes over the years. The city has started using payment plans to deduct overpayments from future paychecks, but union members are adamant the current system should be fixed before they enter into any sort of long-term repayment agreement. After IAFF 440 filed a list of grievances against the city's handling of the situation, both parties made their cases before a neutral arbitrator on Feb. 28 and March 1. The arbitrator's decision is expected at the end of the month. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.