2 -'The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, August 6, 1997 STOP BY 420 Center stage 'u',n AFSgCtMEcut MANRDS. off negotiations TO W~RE FORC, S1 RVICIES AVAVAVAVA KOREAN CHURCH OF ANN ARBOR 3301 Creek Dr.971-9777 SUNDAY: 9:30 a.m. English, 11 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. Korean PACKARD ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH 2580 Packard Road Ann Arbor 971-0773 Contemporary services on Saturday nights at 6:00 p.m. and on Sundays at 12:00 noon UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL 1511 Washtenaw ear Hill Sunday 10:30 a.m. Wed. Supper 6:00 p.m. Pastor Ed Krauss 663-5560 Negotiations end with- out resolution to issues of dispute. By Matt Weller Daily Staff Reporter Contract negotiations between the University and the Association of Federal, State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1583 have fizzled out. Negotiations ended yesterday with- out resolving the issues that have divided the University and AFSCME since the contract for University workers was re-negotiated earlier this summer. "Negotiations broke off," AFSCME Negotiations Chair Elaine MacDaniel said despondently. Associate Vice President for University Relations Lisa Baker said a mediator will be brought in from the Michigan Employee Relations Commission to help settle the con- tract dispute. "The talks have come to a point where we need the assistance of a mediator to come to an agreement," Baker said. When asked if the situation was becoming drastic, Baker declined to comment. Despite optimism expressed by both parties prior to yesterday's fail- ure, MacDaniel said she was not sur- prised at the breakdown. "(The University) was not moving off the paid time-off (issue)," MacDaniel said, referring to the University's hard line stance on paid time-off reform. The University's new contract offer combines sick and vacation days; cur- rently, employees receive sick and vacation days under separate plan MacDaniel said this offer results i less paid time off per month. For example, under the currer plan a person with zero to five year seniority is allowed 16 hours offg pay per month. The University's pro posal would reduce this number t 13.3. "With combined time, you're los ing time," MacDaniel said. MacDaniel said the paid time off i one of two issues that continue t hamper negotiations. The other issue is wages MacDaniel said the union favors wage system that entails a 3-percen raise in base pay per employee sl' the University is offering a lumi sum. MacDaniel said the University' lump suno offer is unattractise to th union workers. "The employees prefer to have s base wage and an increase w ith eac year," MacDaniel said. The grievances are familiar; the same issues that were respon>lc for the failure of the expedited tr - tiations on July 10 contributed to thl breakdow n of yesterday's talks. Until the two parties iron out these issues, they will continue to be at odds. 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