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NU BER 12
Serving B nton Harbor and Benton Township
FEBRUARY 27. 1979
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po tponed t Chittenden's re
que t.
H decl ined to com-
1'!1 nt further ying th matter
was bing handled by the city
. attorney.
Farmer did dd, ''The
opl in the local don't no
Hat's in the contract. Out-
ide rson from Lansing comes
in d take things bac and d
cid s for them. It's funny.
Farmer m intained that
CETA Speci I Project employ
ees r e eluded from the
union agreem nt through a
p t ith the union. I
Chittenden claims that
is i alid. "Farmer
ith th toe pr i-
time or J
of 1978). Th pr ident didn't
ta e it to t e loeal or nyon
"for approval,' he said. '
J m Brown was the
. local president at that time. He
. t has since b n promo d to
supervisory position.
Chittenden-added, uTo
pu it bluntly, "did' he cut a
deal?"
nights for comment b pre s
time.
Ed Hudson, current
presid nt, decl ined to comment
until he h d conferred with his
board.
Present officers are
son, artie Same, Vice-Presi
dent; Joyce, Taylor, S retary.
Ste rds ar :-EI in Perry, Jerry
Rosson, Helen L c nd il
liam Anderson.
e union m intains
city has a U II to
II" eement - e eryon
e cept police, fire, administra
tion, confidenti I, nd : upervi
.sorv per nn I are covered by
h collecti bar ining ee-
At issu ppear 0 be
the C T A Special Pro' ct ere s.
Th city cl ims th y do not
com under th scope of the
un 00. I
. "If the employer ould
provide list of who is .. ot
included nd why perhaps' e
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ever, you cannot
e clud eETA positions from,
th union wages, frin s and
benefits if the 'CET A : employ-
are performin , imilar 0
equal jobs as co red by .. t
union. CET A rul rn ke that
lear," Chittend ' ide
el F rmer, Ci ty Mana
ger claimed the complaint ould
thrown out ving, "It'll
b dismi d for I c 'of merit."
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to reach Brown ,
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