Box 1, Folder 15, Document 26

RESOLUTION
BY ALDERMAN FARRIS and ALDERMAN KNIGHT

WHEREAS, some members of the Atlanta Fire Department have recently

engaged in a strike against the City of Atlanta, and

WHEREAS, negotiations with the striking firermen have been carried on

by the Mayor, members of the Board of Firemasters and other city officials, and

WHEREAS, as a result of the negotiations, the striking firemen have
returned to work and the city has dismissed its pending legal proceedings against the

striking firemen, and

WHEREAS, it is recognized that the desires of all the members of the
Fire Department relative to wages and hours should be inquired into and decisions

relative to improvement be reached, and

WHEREAS, the Mayor is requesting approval of the Board of Aldermen
that a mediator or fact finding group be appointed on a basis mutually satisfactory to

the city and the firemen:

NOV, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE
MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN that: |

1. In accordance with the agreement reached, the Mayor be authorized
to enter into an agreement with the firemen in the selection, choice and designation

of a mediator, either in the person of one individual or in the form of a fact finding

committee consisting of several individuals; the duties of which mediator or fact
finding group shall be to make inquiry and investigation into the wages and hours of
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employment of all members of He Atlanta Fire Department and to make recommenda-

tions as to changes looking towatd improvement of wages and hours of all firemen in

keeping with the financial ability of the city;

2. That the report of the mediator or fact finding group be furnished
to all firemen and to the city and that it also be made public;

3. That the cost of employment of such mediator or fact finding committee

be borne by the City of Atlanta, .

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