City Council approves big changes to city impasse procedure
The City Council moved toward a rewrite of the impasse process because Council Attorney Allan Wade said it had become clear the process was too complicated. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
The rewrite of the impasse procedure is the most significant change in a process drafted in the wake of 1978 strikes by Memphis police and firefighters.
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Memphis City Council Impasse Procedure Allan Wade JB Smiley Jr. Janika WhiteBill Dries on demand
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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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