City of Fremont, CA
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Update on Labor Negotiations - December 2025
Update on Labor Negotiations - December 2025
Post Date:12/10/2025 4:20 PM
The City of Fremont is providing this community update regarding the status of labor negotiations.
The City began contract negotiations in the spring in anticipation of the nine labor agreements concluding on June 30, 2025. To date, the City has successfully reached agreements with six of its nine bargaining units, each of which accepted a 1.3% salary increase, a modest health benefit allowance increase to keep pace with rising health care costs, and a one-year contract term.
After several months of bargaining, the Fremont Police Association (FPA), Fremont Police Management Association (FPMA) and Teamsters, representing several non-sworn positions at the Police Department, were unable to reach full agreement.
In October, the FPA declared Impasse with the City and proceeded to a State-mandated factfinding process. An independent factfinder reviewed information submitted by both the City and the FPA and issued a report on December 1, 2025. The full report can be found on the City's website.
The factfinder's recommendations included support for the City's proposed one-year agreement, a 1.3% cost-of-living salary increase, and maintaining the existing structure for premium pays such as POST Certificate Pay, Double-Time, Shift Differential, and Lead Worker Premium. Additionally, the report recommended updating the list of agencies used for compensation comparisons by removing Vallejo and adding San Francisco and to help support retention, and the addition of one 2.5% longevity pay increase.
The factfinding recommendations are non-binding and are part of the standard public sector bargaining process under California law. In November 2025, the City Manager provided a budget update to City Council and shared that fiscal year 2024/25 year-end revenues were not adequate to cover the City's expenditures, with a need to draw down the City's Budget Uncertainty
Reserve by approximately $2 million, leaving a $4 million balance in this reserve fund. The negotiated 1.3% cost-of-living adjustments will need to be incorporated into the current budget and resulting budget balancing measures will be recommended to City Council in early 2026.
Staff will continue working through the negotiations process with the three remaining labor groups consistent with legal requirements and the City Council's direction. Negotiations for new contracts with all labor groups will begin again in spring. The City appreciates the community's interest in this matter and remains committed to fair, transparent, and fiscally responsible labor negotiations.
Return to full list >>The City began contract negotiations in the spring in anticipation of the nine labor agreements concluding on June 30, 2025. To date, the City has successfully reached agreements with six of its nine bargaining units, each of which accepted a 1.3% salary increase, a modest health benefit allowance increase to keep pace with rising health care costs, and a one-year contract term.
After several months of bargaining, the Fremont Police Association (FPA), Fremont Police Management Association (FPMA) and Teamsters, representing several non-sworn positions at the Police Department, were unable to reach full agreement.
In October, the FPA declared Impasse with the City and proceeded to a State-mandated factfinding process. An independent factfinder reviewed information submitted by both the City and the FPA and issued a report on December 1, 2025. The full report can be found on the City's website.
The factfinder's recommendations included support for the City's proposed one-year agreement, a 1.3% cost-of-living salary increase, and maintaining the existing structure for premium pays such as POST Certificate Pay, Double-Time, Shift Differential, and Lead Worker Premium. Additionally, the report recommended updating the list of agencies used for compensation comparisons by removing Vallejo and adding San Francisco and to help support retention, and the addition of one 2.5% longevity pay increase.
The factfinding recommendations are non-binding and are part of the standard public sector bargaining process under California law. In November 2025, the City Manager provided a budget update to City Council and shared that fiscal year 2024/25 year-end revenues were not adequate to cover the City's expenditures, with a need to draw down the City's Budget Uncertainty
Reserve by approximately $2 million, leaving a $4 million balance in this reserve fund. The negotiated 1.3% cost-of-living adjustments will need to be incorporated into the current budget and resulting budget balancing measures will be recommended to City Council in early 2026.
Staff will continue working through the negotiations process with the three remaining labor groups consistent with legal requirements and the City Council's direction. Negotiations for new contracts with all labor groups will begin again in spring. The City appreciates the community's interest in this matter and remains committed to fair, transparent, and fiscally responsible labor negotiations.
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