Houston fire union president resigns over threats

HOUSTON (AP) - The president of Houston’s fire department union has resigned in the middle of contract negotiations with the city after he says fellow firefighters threatened his family.

Bryan Sky-Eagle resigned Monday. He says firefighters made threats on Facebook and in email against him and his wife, children, home and truck.

Sky-Eagle was elected as president of the union in 2013 and has been a Houston firefighter for 15 years. He was 11 months into his three-year term.

The union chapter says it supports Sky-Eagle’s decision and its 3,800 members increasingly lacked confidence in him. About 93 percent of its voters rejected in June a proposed contract he negotiated with Mayor Annise Parker.

He says local authorities are investigating the threats.