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The High Cost of Union Time Off

Posted by: jimfior02 on: July 29, 2008

Our contracts with our unions provide that if an employee needs time off for union business, then they can do that on city time and we will pay them for the time. If we have to fill the spot with another employee, we pay that other employee time and half. All of this is standard [...]



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  • followtherules: Mayor why don't you just follow the rules that you agreed to and signed??? Negotiate in good faith and resolve the problem the right way. Please pleas
  • chippy2: While I sympathize with city employees with the rise in expenses, the same problem exsists throughout the community. As a retiree, living solely on S
  • bobmc: Reenie, all our fire fighters are union. We belong to a local with our own E-board and bargaining committee. They get paid nothing. There is a very sm