Chicago firefighters and paramedics have dumped their union president in the continued fallout from a protracted contract fight and lame-duck Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s controversial vaccination mandate.
Pat Cleary, who has spent the last 12 years as vice president of ChicagoFire Fighters Union Local 2, replaces Jim Tracy, the two-term president. . Cleary easily defeated challenger Rob Tebbens, Local 2’s political and legislative director, with 67% of the vote.
