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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-
tie E
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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