PBA president Patrick J. Lynch said:
“Coalition bargaining is fine for unions that have similar
needs. The Taylor law calls for pay that is roughly equal to jobs
of a similar nature, risk, training and education. The city has
failed to comply with the spirit of the Taylor law in that it
is not paying police a salary that is comparable to other local
police departments. Given that inequity and the worsening recruitment
and retention problem, we believe that we have a unique set of
circumstances that would not be well represented in coalition
bargaining.”
