D.C. 47 suing Nutter administration over furlough changes
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D.C. 47 suing Nutter administration over furlough changes
The city’s white-collar union is suing the Nutter administration for new furlough policies that, according to the union, give the mayor unrestricted power to keep some employees off the job for any reason and for any amount of time.
The union, District Council 47 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, is suing on behalf of its Local 2186, which represents some city supervisors and operates outside of D.C. 47’s collective-bargaining agreement. The rest of the union’s workforce is not affected by the new policies, but Local 2186 and all nonunion city employees are.
The lawsuit contends that the changes in furlough practices, which were adopted last month by the mayoral-appointed Civil Service Commission, strip workers of their due-process rights because they prevent workers from appealing furloughs.
“The regulation, as written, has no criteria, no guideline, nothing in it, and specifically says that you don’t have the right to appeal to an anyone, including the Civil Service Commission,” said attorney Ralph Teti, who is representing the union.
The Mayor’s Office declined to comment, as it usually does on pending or ongoing litigation.
Along with the mayor, the suit names the Civil Service Commission and city Human Resources Director Albert D'Attilio as defendants. Neither returned a request for comment Monday.
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Can't the union due better than Ralph Teti?— aguckin
don't like it? quit— hannibal barca- Ahhhhh!, look at this, the Democrats are sueing the Democrats, should be interesting.— Faadoogled
- Mayor McNuttbag is such a P.O.S, but these unions supported him in every election he has had in Philly so theyget what they deserve, TO BE SCREWED OVER CREEPS— wallycleaver
- No, they didn't. In 2007, the city workers' union supported Brady. In 2011, DC 47 didn't endorse anyone for mayor and DC 33 endorsed Milton Street in protest over the mayor's refusing to bargain in good faith.
Nutter has never had much union support. - well were is the suit so we can read it? can't you print it or post a link to scribd DN or is that too much? zeesh a one town newspaper— uandwhosearmy
- Actually the mayor was elected with very little union support..........the unions supported Brady and Fatah the 2007 Primary and the general election was not a contest in 2007 or 2011........and thus he didn't need union backing.........they were just hoping to curry favor after the fact.........their loss— genius1977
- Right, although any mayor, and it will certainly be democratic who is elected is primed for automatic re-election in this town with no opposition. So why bother, it's a guaranteed 2 term totalitarian regime.— uandwhosearmy
- Let's be clear. Nutter is more republican than democrat.— wiredalot
- If Nutter does not hold firm on these unions he'lll lose what little control he has over the cost of expenses for the City budget. Ironically it's the unions (primarily the union bosses) which brought on this condition by their unreasonable demands and the money has run out from the City, the State, and now the Federal Government. This is the reality. The members had better get a grip rather than using all of the union dues to feed the democrat party they need to use those monies to help their members. It's hundreds of millions of dollars. This is why union members are leaving unions because they don't represent the memebership they represent the union bosses and the democrat democrat establishment i.e. Obummer.— Speak-truth-2-power
- Ralph Teti is 0-15 so far against the Nutter Administration. You would think the geniuses on the District Council 47 Executive Board would say: "thank you for your service Ralph but we are moving in a different direction because you are a failure and we are putting out a bid for a new law firm because our workers deserve better representation".
But that will never happen because District Council 47 is happy with the status quo because the leadership including Cathy Scott(Pres DC 47) and Mike Walsh(Pres 2186)have abused DROP by coming back to the same jobs and not retiring . Scott and Walsh are millionaires who collect annual pensions that are more than the average salary of the workers they represent and both earn six-figure salaries. They failed their workers because they are too comfortable and complacent. The only thing they can do is negotiate the best possible deal for their members and then resign in disgrace. Union leaders who stop advancing their workers interests need to be replaced. That's you Cathy Scott and Mike Walsh.— Michael T. Welsh - Don't forget Local 1971 of DC 33, representing the various housing agencies. They keep reelecting their president, Veronica Pankey although they've been without a contract for eight years, longer than any city union. — Valley Twin
- A furlough is a lousy tool used by administrations who don't know how to budget or like to create fear in a workforce. How can workers plan their financial lives if the threat of a furlough looms over their heads at the whim of those in charge? The police have a furlough policy in their contract, but every copy on the force knows it will never be used. It was a bargaining chip used to make it look like it meant something.— Yob
- The city could permanently furlough half the city workforce and I doubt that the citizens would notice a difference. Union members are the same the world over. They want all of the protections, hate their bosses, hate their jobs, hate the people they serve, but you couldn't pry them out of their current jobs because they know they could never compete in the real world. I totally agree with @hannibal barca ... if you don't like the rules of the job just quit and find a new one.— TonyMarino
- First of all,Mr/Ms "Speak Truth 2 Power." How about speaking a little truth about the Nutter administration. DC47 did not support him in his election. In 2008 when the DC47 contract was up, he asked both DC33 and DC47 to agree to a one year contract because he was a brand new Mayor and was dealing with the recession. The unions agreed to reopen in 2009. The union and mayor's group has met about 5 times over 4 years. Do you really call that negotiating? Further, money does not come out of dues to support political candidates. Many of the members voluntarily check off extra money from their paychecks to go to AFSCME's PEOPLE committee (pac). That money is for political support- not dues money. The City is not in the shape its in because of the Unions. One of the pension plans is underfunded because since around 2000 or 2004, the City has only paid the minimum monthly amount into the pension fund that the state requires. They were enjoying good investment returns and didn't worry about the fund. Then the recession caught them with their pants down and left the fund underfunded. The unions agreed to extending their amortization to help with this issue. The current plan that most non-uniform employees are members of is not underfunded. All of the hype about pension is because hizzoner just doesn't like defined benefits, even though after 8 years in Council he was fully vested. The departments are half staffed at this point. The services for taxpayers (which are members are also) are diminishing. The only people making really high wages are the enormous amount of high level exempt employees in almost every dept., but especially the Mayor's office. He has more deputy mayors than any other mayor before him. Get the facts.— phillyjud
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