A deal is not a deal
Jim Unland, president of the San Jose Police Officers Association.
Here’s a new dynamic that will be familiar to anyone working on things like collective bargaining. A police association reaches a deal with the city, usually through a city manager acting as the city’s negotiator. Then the city manager brings the done deal back to city officials. Then the city says the cops haven’t agreed to lay off enough people and to concede pretty much every other give-back they wanted before negotiations started. The police association cries foul. The city cries foul too. In the meantime, the clearly transparent stalling tactic that will keep San Jose cops working without a contract looks like a go-to strategy for any municipality that wants to reduce the power and influence of the groups representing the interests of police officers and their families.
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