BBNTON HARBOR. - Abo
2S city and members
of American Feder' of
St e, CoUnty d Municipal
Employees Local 1433 UDlO
p' ccl 0 • de of city hall,
TlIot�w. J uary 16, before the
c:oIIlUDi'ISic:' )11 meeting The
DlCltetcn marched yiag "We
CODtrId - fair and
adequate one".
N deaD J president of
Local 1 33 . they u1d be
marchia& in &0 of city hall
day, until the "city commis
. started at 8:00 p.m.
rtWe have been working
without a contract since
August", id Jo . The union
had ten meetings with the
city, ttP.ng to ncgoti te ·th
them on co according
toJODeS.
William Thompson, vice
presiclent said City Manager
Steve Manning is "gutting our
contr ct - trying to bring in
another one,"
As the commi ioners
Mayor, City MaDager and
others arrived for the commis
sion meeting some of the pick
eters hollered out,
"Commiss' oners got a rai and
didn't even need it."
During the" meeting the com
mission went into closed session
for t an hour to discuss the
labor dispute, but the commis
sion too no ction,
for air "con r
said be-
. the c:ity are
up for Moaday, J 22
d WedDesday, JaD 24.
Tm 8IDioua they are to
reach settJemcDt aDd � pen "
d paper together to iDk a COD
"tract and get something that's
going to be mu beneficial
to both the city and to
employees of the city," he said
"It's clear to any 1abor attor-
ney - and matter of fad to
many unio thro out the
state that the" contr d have
in place right now is really not
protective 0 the taxpayer of
the City of Benton Harbor",
Manning said.
"The provision tile city is
asking for is no different than
�"����. in
oil,
Graad Rapids and other cities
throughout the state. We're just
asking them to come up to 20th
century level of labor negotia
tions."
The union is asking the city
for a $1.00 an hour across the
board pay raise next year and
wants to have the Friday after
Thanksgiving oft' as part of the
Thanksgiving holiday.
Manning said the city is not
against a $1.00 an hour - or
across the board increase or "we
are not against a $2.00 an hour
increase. We are not against
giving them an additional
holiday, we are not against
them four or me addi
tioaa} holidays. The problem
I ha� thr this
they two
tlWap OIl the table, e put
everal more thi on the
tabIc.. "
Wf think What are piopos-
iDg is fair and rm hopeful that
the mediator that • ctivitely in
vohed in this case wiD be able to
help us come to some sort of
negotiative settlement," Man
ningsaid.
When they come out of the
mediation se ion Monday,
Manning said;he hoped that an
agreement would be reached.
'We have made it clear of what
we are looking for and there's'
no surprises - are being
finn, but I think we are being
fair and we're being honest," he
added.
liThe Color
Purple"
pre ented at
St. · ar
The Drama Department of
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church
. e . . .
lW,itlhfl'S tize .. .
Grammy Award nomination
motion picture, "The Color
Purple" at St. Mark Baptist
Church, 802 Pavone, Sunday,
February 11, t 5:00 p.m. The
drama is under the directio of
Grayling L. Williams and nar
rated by Bemedette Varrie.
Some of your favorite
characters will appe such as:
Mister, Cellie, Sug, Albert,
Harpo, Mary Agne , Sophia,
Grady, and many m ny more.
Objective: The cast of fifty,
pan'ed by .
.� P-iIg' . B' .
Church. Main objective i f
. focus on sharing the good ne
of Christ.
The dram revolve around
the tory of the Prodigal Son
only this time the Prodigal
"Daughter. We pray when you
see this play you will no only see
the characters, but perh p
even yourself and maybe: "God
Is Trying To Tell You ometh-
ing."
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