AB-1309 (CalFire Pay Parity) & SB 581 (Fight for Firefighters Act)

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Thread for the new parity bill (AB-2129) is here:

AB-2129 (CalFire Pay Parity)

Figured I start a new post with Heath Floras latest attempt to get a bill signed to compensate CalFire employees commensurate with their local partners. Despite his party’s lack of support for him he has put together a bill which is similar to the one that was vetoed. It looks like the difference is that rather than legislatively mandating pay parity it requires the state “shall bargain in good faith” to reach within 15% of the average pay of the 20 departments the state currently salary surveys…