Council offers extra pay to settle police grievance
LOCKPORT—The Common Council agreed Wednesday to settle a grievance filed by the police union by paying officers extra if they are assigned to dispatching duties.
The Hickory Club Police Benevolent Association, which is to vote on the settlement next week, filed the grievance in 2010, after the city moved Fire Department dispatching chores to the police desk.
Mayor Michael W. Tucker said there is no retroactive pay for past dispatching work, but the shift differentials for the dispatchers, which won’t be disclosed until the union votes, will cost the city less than $50,000 a year going forward.
“It’s pretty safe to say we would have paid more than that in arbitration,” Tucker said, adding that a state arbitrator urged the sides to come to a deal after hearing their arguments.
As you can see in the above Buffalo News article, now that the Mayor has his "roll over and play dead Common Council", we can expect the Mayor to make more union concessions like the one in this article. When it comes time to negotiate union contracts this year, we as taxpayers are going to lose. The unions will win and the area Political leaders will win. Remember, just before the election this past November, the unions endorsed Tucker over Pillot. Tucker knew the race was going to be close, he needed every vote he could get, now he has to pay the unions back for that endorsemnet. Oh, but wait, he's not really gonna pay is he?, we will!
Just in case you forgot, back in August of 2010, the Police Chief told that sitting Council that dispatch could be done at no additional cost.(http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/niagara-county/article31325.ece)
Also, just in case you may have forgotten, previously the Hickory Club was only seeking about $30,000.00 in additional compensation for performing their job duties, but that was pre-endorsement!
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