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PBA Contract Case To Wrap Up Just After Union Election

By RICHARD STEIER
Posted 3/9/15

Four months after an arbitration panel was chosen to decide on a new contract for the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, hearing dates have finally been set, with the case to begin on May 7 and conclude on June 18.

That final hearing will occur shortly after the union’s elections conclude. This means that unless the two sides abruptly change course and can reach agreement by themselves on a contract to replace the one that expired Aug. 1, 2010, PBA President Patrick J. Lynch will be asking his rank and file to give him a fifth four-year term amid uncertainty about new pay raises.

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