WPCNR WHITE PLAINS VOICE. July 31, 2004: A reader claiming familiarity with the CSEA proposed contract, has written the following explanation for the rumored CSEA-City dispute over the contract. WPCNR will attempt to confirm this with the city Monday:
The cops and firemen got a $2100 payment on top of their raises when they got a new contract. City Hall felt CSEA wasn't as important as the cops and firemen. So now 2 years later the negotiating commitee and city halls lawyers come up with a 5 yr contract retro to 2002.
In lieu of the $2,100 they want to give us one more day off and an extra longevity step at 12 years of service.
The city wants the cops and firemen to sign a paper saying that they will not bargain for the extra longevity step, because we are getting this extra step instead of the $2100.
Now its sitting on (The Mayor's) desk for 2 weeks. He only has about 3 more weeks until we slow down and shut the city down once a week.
