Posted on 11/26/2015 8:01:04 AM PST by redreno
Clark County's largest employee union is taking the county to court in effort to overturn an arbitrator's ruling that eliminates hundreds of millions of dollars in longevity pay for future hires.
The Service Employees International Union Local 1107 filed a motion to vacate the arbitrator's contract award this week in Clark County District Court. To prevail, the union would need a judge to find that the arbitrator disregarded state law when issuing his final, binding decision.
The arbitrator, Ross Runkel, also gave county employees 4.5 percent in retroactive pay increases in his Aug. 25 award. The key sticking point, however, was over longevity pay increases that kick in after eight years of service. The arbitrator's award sided with the county, which sought to end that perk for future hires while maintaining it for current employees. The county projects the change would save it more than $264 million over three decades.
In a statement Wednesday in response to a Review-Journal query, County Manager Don Burnette said overturning the arbitrator's award on longevity pay would also mean undoing the 4.5 percent raises for the 4,500 employees represented by the SEIU.
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The union is only looking after its own interest. There aren’t even future employees to fight for. These employees don’t exist yet. The Union gets part of this benefit as dues.
All pension plans are time bombs. At some point they all will get in trouble. 401K or defined contribution plans are far better. Even if they have a generous match they are still much better than a pension plan.
The worst thing about pension plans is that tax payers are never part of the decision making process. Government employees are on both sides of the negotiations. And pensions allow work in this year to be paid for in the future, allowing government accountants to hide dept until its too late.
Bankruptcy looms; let’s recognize the inevitable and send these folks into bankruptcy.
union scum alert.
As far as I know both sides have to agree to an arbitrator. Looks like the union does not like the outcome and has decided to go to court. God, I hope they lose big time.
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