Chicago, IL — The union representing Chicago’s rank-and-file firefighters has reached a tentative contract agreement with the city, which if approved would end four years of negotiations.
Chicago Firefighters Union Local 2 and Mayor Brandon Johnson both confirmed the tentative contract agreement on Tuesday. The city’s rank-and-file firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics have been working without a contract since 2021, when their previous contract with the city ended.
The two sides have not disclosed terms of the agreement, but the mayor confirmed it would include back pay, and pay raises similar to the 5% raises awarded to police officers in the city’s 2023 contract deal with the Fraternal Order of Police.
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