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FIRE FIGHTER v. CITY OF HOLLYWOOD

No. 4D12-2861.

133 So.3d 1042 (2014)

HOLLYWOOD FIRE FIGHTERS, LOCAL 1375, IAFF, INC., Appellant, v. CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 8, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noah Scott Warman of Sugarman & Susskind, P.A., Coral Gables, for appellant.

David C. Miller , Denise M. Heekin and James C. Crosland of Bryant Miller Olive, P.A., Miami, and Paul T. Ryder, Jr. , of Law Offices of Paul T. Ryder, Jr., P.A., Sunrise, for appellee.

Thomas W. Brooks of Meyer, Brooks, Demma & Blohm, P.A., Tallahassee for amicus curiae Florida Education Association.

Paul A. Donnelly of Donnelly and Gross, P.A., Gainesville, for amicus curiae Communications Workers of America.

G. Hal Johnson of Florida Police Benevolent Association, Tallahassee, for amicus curiae Florida Police Benevolent Association.

Richard A. Sicking , Coral Gables, for amicus curiae Florida Professional Firefighters, Inc., International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO.

Julie O. Bru , City Attorney, Diana Vizcaino , Assistant City Attorney, and John A. Greco , Assistant City Attorney, Miami, for amicus curiae City of Miami.

CONNER, J.

The constitutional right of public employees to collectively bargain with their employer and the interrelated constitutional right of a bargaining unit to be free from governmental impairment of contracts with its employer are the heart of this appeal. Hollywood Fire Fighters Local 1375 ("the Union") argues that the Public Employees Relations Commission's ("PERC") interpretation of section 447.4095(1), Florida Statutes (2013), which permits local governments...

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