There are 7 article(s) tagged Memphis Fire Fighters Association:

• December 2025

  • Cooper-Sutton urges ‘restraint’ in letter to firefighters union

    The letter apologized for the contentious nature of the debate over a raise for firefighters, but also said the raise would not matter much. 

    By Samuel Hardiman 6 hours ago

  • Memphis crime drops again, hitting lowest level in at least three years

    Crime keeps dropping. Police say major offenses fell again in November, reaching their lowest level in nearly three years.

    By Bill Dries 6 hours ago

• November 2025

  • Memphis delays firefighter pay raise

    The Memphis City Council delayed voting on the 2% raise during an occasionally fractious committee hearing.

    By Samuel Hardiman November 18, 2025

• September 2025

  • City of Memphis questions legality of its employee unions

    The city argues that there’s nothing in its charter that gives city employees the right to collectively bargain as a union. 

    By Samuel Hardiman September 15, 2025

• July 2025

  • Memphis Fire Fighters Association sues city over budget decisions

    The Memphis Fire Fighters Association has sued the City of Memphis over reneging the union’s planned 5% raise for the current fiscal year. 

    By Samuel Hardiman July 18, 2025

• September 2019

  • Memphis police, fire associations seek ‘For’ vote on sales-tax referendum

    'Until we get serious about rebuilding our police and fire departments and fixing our retention problem, we will never be able to proactively attack the issue of crime.'

    By John Covington, Matthew Tomek September 17, 2019

• January 2019

  • Police, fire unions want sales tax hike to fund restoring their benefits

    Memphis police and fire unions are again seeking to increase the sales tax rate by half a cent to restore their benefits and pensions, but also to help pay for road repairs and pre-K programs. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 14, 2019