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The Politics of Negotiating Salary Increases
Local governments, mayors and city councils have been willing to negotiate down salaries in exchange for these other protections. So again, the city is thinking we don't want to pay a 10% salary increase or whatever it is. We'll give you less transparency and less oversight as the negotiating tool. From the union perspective, well, that's a fine deal because we can go get the money next year.