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AY 1,1979
SERViNG TRI-COUNTY SOUTHWESTER
ICHIGAN
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case in olving a Ben
ton Harbor city mploy
currently pending before
the merican Arbitration.
Bo d ill have impact on
the entir state ccording
to the judg hearing the
rbritration Judge
Donald Krueger stated the
case ill "set ripples
throughout ichigan. tJ
"This is a precedent
tting c id. Mat-
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ployees Union Pre ident.
CJ It in 01 es a eET A p . d
ye 0 ost II b n -
fits When he as promoted
o the city' payroll."
THE C E e olved from.
complaint filed' Di na
Stang r Who had b n hired
a Cler Cashier I in the
Finance Department on
arch 1, 19J7-a CETA
paid po . tion.
I On Oct 5 of the
me year, she s taken
off the CET A payroll and
put on the city payroll, but
kept the me job title,
duties and functions.
"Li e II other city
employees ho went from
CET A to city, she had to
start as if from d y one
ith sic time and vaca-
tion time," s. Barnes ex
pi ined.
s. Stanger filed a
complaint charging the
practice was unfair.
ClWe'v had a lot- of
grievance' on th is same
issue," said s. B rnes,
"but th is I is the one we
selected to take to arbi
tration."
THE CITY'S po ition is
th t employees are "termi
nated" when they move
off the CET A payroll onto
the city's.
s. Stanger's case, -
she wou d hav been "ter
minated' at 5:00 on Octo
ber 4, and rehired at 8:30
on Octob r 5.
The only changes ac
cording to the union presi
dent ere the source of the
paycheck and the loss of
benefits.
"This situation is prev
alent in City Hall," sal Ms.
Barnes: "There are so many
people affected we haven't
ta en the time to count."
"THE CIl)' will be liable
for a lot of money if we win
this as e feel will.
Some people .worked a year,
a year and a half and lost
all those vacation and sick
days," he continued.
According to s.
Barnes, the union's expec
tation of victory is based
on remark rna e by Judge
Krueger. "He .; h
thou t the city 'didn't
under tand CET A rules,
or else was willfully vio
lating the ," he e plain
ed.
"Of cour , eET A is
confusing," he added.
Because of the wide
pread impact of the case,
the judge allowed an addi
tional 1 5 days for each
side to file its brief. I
The hearing was h Id
April 17, 1979.
s. NAACP of 1979, Gina cc ikki" Haire, beams a smi te of jqy
fill her eyes. A picture story of the hgeant is on pa 8 and YoW's Truly
renders an ccount of the ceremoni on pa 9. (Photo by Joseph Chil )
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