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Seattle police union approves new contract with retroactive raises (www.seattletimes.com)

submitted 6 months ago by GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world to c/seattle@lemmy.world

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Rank-and-file Seattle police officers voted in favor of a new, partial three-year contract that, if approved by the Seattle City Council, will give them immediate retroactive raises totaling 23%.

The agreement, announced by Mayor Bruce Harrell on Monday, will make Seattle officers the highest paid in the state, leapfrogging them from 29th. A starting officer will make $103,000 a year, up from $83,000.

Negotiations are not finished, however. The agreement covers 2021, when the previous contract expired, through 2023. City negotiators and the Seattle Police Officers Guild left 2024 unresolved and called in a mediator with the Public Employment Relations Commission to help.

But I thought the police were defunded!! /s

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[–] Odelay42@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Meanwhile, a teacher in Seattle schools with a PhD and 7 years experience only makes 101k.

A teacher with no advanced degree can never make more than 94k in Seattle.