Strickland proposes 3 percent police and fire pay raises

Unions say Memphis leaders skirted negotiation process

By  and , Daily Memphian Updated: March 20, 2019 11:38 PM CT | Published: March 20, 2019 2:05 PM CT

Mayor Jim Strickland will propose 3 percent raises for commissioned Memphis firefighters and police officers in the budget proposal he takes to the City Council next month.

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2019 Budget Season Jim Strickland public safety Thomas Malone

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Bill Dries

Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.

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Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.


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