By Doug Caruso
The Columbus Dispatch
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus firefighters have reached a tentative deal with Columbus that would renew their union contract seven months early, cut city pension pickups for firefighters to zero and barely make up for that with pay increases over the next three years.
Members of the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 67, are scheduled to vote on the contract Sunday and Monday, just days before Ohio voters decide whether to keep curbs on collective bargaining in State Issue 2.
Jack Reall, president of the union, said he wants to lock in a stable contract through the end of 2014 even if Issue 2 repeals Senate Bill 5’s curbs on collective bargaining.
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