It seems as if the city has decieded to come up with money and try and settle the contract before the auditer responds back. This contract is of no help! Dental insurance is being taken over by Blue Cross Blue Shield October 1 if anyone wasn't aware, to the tune of about 60.00 a month, the better dental plan is 75 ish. That wipes out the first year "raise" right there. At $1,000.00, you can figure that it's only about a 2% raise and 30.00 a paycheck more. If they do 600 for the general employees, add 15.00 more minus taxes that Uncle Sam gets. So now we need to look at the health care insurance, that hasn't gone up in what 2 years or more, rest assured that will be going up, eliminating what ever you get next year.
Now getting rid of the rank structure, (I hate the idea) slick sleeves will be out the 6% for PFC, then the 6% for corporal from what I understand so again the city is making out at our benifit. All for $3,000.00 plus what ever the rest of the city gets which there is no gurantee the last two years of the contract! According to members that bargined for our contract, this was not proposed by the city but the FOP! I worked hard to get where I'm at and proud to be where I am, I don't think that I should be on the same playing field as the guy walking in the door, and the public does recognize the seniority at a scene. if it was eliminated but the senior corporals wee grandfathered in to keep their stripes I might change my opinion but as it stands now I hate this idea all together.
The rest of the contract is the same as what we turned down last time so are we really that desperate to not fight for more money? We have an obligation to look out for the new peoplewho this contract isn'tgoing to help. We need to stand up and be united on this! We deserve more than what we are getting and I for one am tired of everyone setteling for scraps! Maybe it's time to impeach some members of the negotiations and start fresh.
We can do better and should, why aren't we. The city created atleast 3 jobs that pay over $100,000 a year, and the best they can do and the union will "fight for is $3,000.00, really? Has everyone over there been so brain washed that they want nothing better?
