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City, sheriff's deputies deadlocked on contract talks ( collective-bargaining )
Rocky Mountain News ^ | November 17, 2007 | Daniel J. Chacon

Posted on 11/17/2007 9:16:45 PM PST by george76

Impasse has Hick in another jam on worker wages.

Contract negotiations between Denver sheriff's deputies and the city are deadlocked, putting Mayor John Hickenlooper in another pickle over employee salaries in recent weeks.

"Having been all over the country and having seen these things in different places, if this is the way they're doing this in Denver, it's askew," said sheriff's Capt. Frank Gale, who is negotiating on behalf of 740 sheriff's employees, from deputies to captains...

The council is scheduled to discuss the sheriff's collective-bargaining negotiations behind closed doors on Monday.

What's next?

*Now that contract negotiations between the city and sheriff's deputies are at an impasse, both sides will prepare for an arbitration hearing.

(Excerpt) Read more at rockymountainnews.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: bargaining; collective; democrats; elections
Just waiting for the other 49,000 Colorado State workers to join their unions, start collective-bargaining ...

Governor Ritter says that his Friday night executive action will not cost the taxpayers any more money...

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1 posted on 11/17/2007 9:16:48 PM PST by george76
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Reagan Man; Clintonfatigued

So much for cost-neutral...


2 posted on 11/17/2007 9:18:47 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

So much for “no need for the Second Amendment”.


3 posted on 11/17/2007 9:35:01 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Elections have consequences.)
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