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Skip to main content Currently Reading 'A wake-up call for the union': Close race on Prop B signals need to address discipline in contract, experts say FacebookTwitterEmail People celebrate the defeat of Proposition B, which would have stripped the police union of its ability to collectively bargain with the city, at Blue Cares, the nonprofit community outreach arm of the San Antonio Police Officers Association.Billy Calzada /Staff photographer Voters’ rejection of Proposition B notched a significant victory for the San Antonio Police Officers Association on Saturday — but political exper...

A sign at the pro-Prop B watch party on Election Night. In a surprisingly close election Saturday, a proposal to repeal the San Antonio Police Officers Association’s right to collective bargaining fell short by a couple percentage points. Also somewhat surprising: the wide coalition of support for the initiative, from moderate reformists to radical abolitionists. Despite the defeat, supporters feel emboldened. “The message is still the same,” said Abram Emerson Jr. “(We) want police to be held accountable.” Emerson Jr. attended a pro-Prop B watch party at the Friendly Spot in Sout...

Proposition B defeated by a narrow margin in San Antonio FacebookTwitterEmail 1of13 Danny Diaz, president of the San Antonio Police Officers Association, tips his hat to his family after announcing that Proposition B, the ballot initiative that would have repealed the police union’s right to collectively bargain, was defeated in the May 1. 2021, election.Billy Calzada /Staff PhotographerShow MoreShow Less 2of13 Opponents of Proposition B celebrate the defeat of the charter amendment, which would have stripped the San Antonio police union of its right to collectively bargain with the city. T...

/ San Antonio Police Officer's Assocation President Danny Diaz (left) stands with Alonzo Hardin, president of the San Antonio Black Police Officers Coalition during a press conference outside the union headquarters in Northeast San Antonio Proposition B fell 2 percentage points short in San Antonio’s municipal elections on Saturday. The San Antonio Police union will keep the right to collectively bargain for a contract, but supporters of Prop B plan to push for a similar ballot measure in November. Collective bargaining is part of a state law known as Chapter 174. San Antonio voters gave t...

Proposition B defeated by a narrow margin in San Antonio FacebookTwitterEmail 1of16 Opponents of Proposition B celebrate the defeat of the charter amendment, which would have stripped the San Antonio police union of its right to collectively bargain with the city. The celebration on May 1, 2021, was held at Blue Cares, the nonprofit community outreach arm of the San Antonio Police Officers Association.Billy Calzada /Staff PhotographerShow MoreShow Less 2of16 Ananda Tomas, from left, deputy director of Fix SAPD; Michelle Tremillo, executive director of the Texas Organizing Project; and Oji Mar...