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The City of Dallas is staring down the barrel of a $4 billion lawsuit filed 22 years ago by firefighters and police officers who claim they were shortchanged on pay raises. The lawsuit, filed in 1994, is the longest-running lawsuit currently in the Texas court system. It accuses the city of reneging on pay-raise requirements passed in a 1979 referendum.

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A group of concerned citizens, firefighters and a voter advocacy group have combined to file suit to force a referendum vote before a Minnesota city can break away from a joint fire district

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A firefighters’ union in Maryland is suing a mayor and city council claiming they are illegally refusing to hold a referendum vote on a city charter change that would allow for binding arbitration. Hagerstown Firefighters IAFF Local 1605 joined by ...

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San Jose Fire Fighters, IAFF Local 230 continued their pension battle against the City of San Jose by filing a lawsuit challenging a pension reform measure which San Jose voters approved on June 4, 2012. The suit, filed yesterday in Santa Clara ...

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A citizens group in Michigan has lost its initial bid to have a court order township officials to hold a referendum vote on a special tax levy to support the fire department. The Citizens Action Group of Plymouth Township filed ...

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