The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-11
CITY COUNCIL
O|SAGREES ON
UNION CONTRACT

Til proposed contract between the
city II WyandOtte and Local No. ~
of the State. County and Municipal
Workers of America tCIOJ. came up
for vote ut Tuesday nights meeting
of the City Council. The contract, i'll
the form of resolution. i intended
u Insure Il spirit of progress ana co
operation of the city and its employees
SET forth the general policy Of the
city oh personnel and procedure: IS
tabli~h uniform and equitable rates OF
pay and hours of work: and provide
a method for the redress of any Srlev-
ance> the employees may have by vir
tue IF this personnel program or 9th
erwiSe''
The resolution as drawn up provides
that the city recognize the union a> the
exclusive representative of all city EN-
plOyes. with the following exceptions:
/. Employees of the offices of the
mayor. city clerk. city treasurer. city
ASSESSOR. board Of health, engineer and
the Office OF civilian defense, who are
engaged in clerical or supervisory
capacity.
O. Firemen, policemen, hospital EN-
plOye> and Municipal Service Com
mission employees.
3. Employees acting entirely in
supervisory capacity.
4. Part-time, temporary or prOvi-
SiOnal employees with less than six con
Secutive months of service.
All present city employees covered by
the resolution will be required to join
the union within 80 days. Upon the
written consent of employees the city
will deduct dues from employees sal
aries. and turn them over to the union
treasury.
Under the contract. seniority stand
ing will be granted all employees who
have completed six consecutive months
of service.
The resolution states that lit shall
not be a policy of the union to engage
in strikes as means of achieving its
detectives"
The agreement calls for the main
Ia lining Of +0-hOur week with time
and a half for overtime. Double time
would be paid for Sunday work and
the following holidays: New Years
day, Memorial day. Independence day.
Labor day, election days, ThankSgiv
ing and Christmas.
All city hourly rate employees cover
ed by the resolution would receive Il
ID cents per hour wage increase. En-
plOyes on salary would receive 10
per cent boost in pay.
When the resolution came up for
vote. Councilman Ernest b. Schultz
moved that each article be voted upon
separately. instead Of upon the reSO-
luton as whole. This was done and
showed wide difference of opinion
between members of the Council.
Councilman Schultz then asked that
section 1 of article q. which provides
for vacations with pay be amended to
eliminate the clause which provides
for one week vacations, with pay. for
all employees who have worked more
than and less than Il months. This
motion was carried by to vote of
the Council.
Councilman George G.. Bethm then
made a motion that section >, pertain
ing to sick leave. be stricken from the
resolution. The motion rect ived no sup
port, and was declared lost:
Another motion. by Councilman
James H. Mason. asked that the three
days leave pay in case of death in the
employees immediate family, be amend
ed SO that the three days would be
deducted from the 10 days sick leave,
as provided by the resolution. The
vote on this motion was: Yes: COun-
ciImen Mason. Schultz and Wagar; No.
Councilman Benin, BrOhl and Burke
Mayor Louis w. Benin broke the tie by
voting yes, and the motion was declar-
ell carried.
Councilman Clifford T. Burke then
moved that the resolution, as amend
ed, be referred back to the employees
affected, for their consideration and
approval or disapprOval. This was car
ried by to vote OF the Council
members
Finally, Councilman Ford Wagar
made motion that when the resOlu-
ton is returned by the union, that a
special meeting be called for cOnsid-
Grafton of same.
The proposed agreement will be
found in full i'm the Council proceed
ingS In this issue OF The Herald.