After the vote, guild officials told the city and the press that their members wanted more money.
Dollars are usually at the heart of any labor negotiation because raises mean respect.
The bigger the raise, the more your employer respects you. But the rank and file took a gamble by rejecting the contract for more pay. Guild officials have spent months fighting to prevent the city from loading up the new contract with tougher accountability guidelines. Compton wouldn't put it this way, but in layman's terms his idea is akin to extortion. Compton essentially wants the city to bribe officers into accepting more accountability reforms, especially in the internal investigations unit.