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The union representing Chicago police sergeants reached a deal with the city that could affect the city’s negotiations with the Fraternal Order of Police, according to a report by the Chicago Sun-Times.
The agreement addresses pay raises, set at about 2 percent annually, and pension reforms, the Sun-Times said. Earlier this month, the Chicago Tribune reported that the FOP had asked for 6 percent annual raises and a stipend for living within city limits, which is currently required of many city employees. In its report, the Sun-Times said FOP President Mike Shields was not sure of the details in the sergeants' agreement, and he emphasized that his negotiations are separate from the sergeants'.
Chicagoist linked to Second City Cop, which reproduced a portion of the sergeants’ union’s email to its members, in which the deal is characterized as “an excellent agreement”.
souce: Police sergeants' union reaches agreement with city; FOP caught off guard - Chicago Business Journal
some more info form second city cop:
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday touted a pension reform deal forged with Chicago Police sergeants as a “roadmap” for other unions to follow, but the divide-and-conquer strategy didn’t work with the Fraternal Order of Police.
In fact, it started a civil war within the ranks of Chicago Police officers.
FOP President Mike Shields, who has demanded a 12 percent pay raise over two years, accused the sergeants association of being “in bed with the city more than any other union in the history” of labor.
Shields branded sergeants association president Jim Ade “the biggest sell-out in the history of sell-outs” for agreeing to: raise the retirement age for sergeants to 53; increase employee pension contributions from 9-to-12 percent by 2015 and scale it back to 10 percent when funding levels reach 80 percent; eliminate cost-of-living increases every other year; limit C.O.L.A. in intervening years to 2.5 percent with simple interest and raise health care contributions for new retirees to 2 percent of annuities.
Sergeants also would get a 9 percent pay raise spread over four years while maintaining the $1,800-a-year uniform allowance and $3,220 in annual duty availability pay that supplements their income.
The agreement addresses pay raises, set at about 2 percent annually, and pension reforms, the Sun-Times said. Earlier this month, the Chicago Tribune reported that the FOP had asked for 6 percent annual raises and a stipend for living within city limits, which is currently required of many city employees. In its report, the Sun-Times said FOP President Mike Shields was not sure of the details in the sergeants' agreement, and he emphasized that his negotiations are separate from the sergeants'.
Chicagoist linked to Second City Cop, which reproduced a portion of the sergeants’ union’s email to its members, in which the deal is characterized as “an excellent agreement”.
souce: Police sergeants' union reaches agreement with city; FOP caught off guard - Chicago Business Journal
some more info form second city cop:
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday touted a pension reform deal forged with Chicago Police sergeants as a “roadmap” for other unions to follow, but the divide-and-conquer strategy didn’t work with the Fraternal Order of Police.
In fact, it started a civil war within the ranks of Chicago Police officers.
FOP President Mike Shields, who has demanded a 12 percent pay raise over two years, accused the sergeants association of being “in bed with the city more than any other union in the history” of labor.
Shields branded sergeants association president Jim Ade “the biggest sell-out in the history of sell-outs” for agreeing to: raise the retirement age for sergeants to 53; increase employee pension contributions from 9-to-12 percent by 2015 and scale it back to 10 percent when funding levels reach 80 percent; eliminate cost-of-living increases every other year; limit C.O.L.A. in intervening years to 2.5 percent with simple interest and raise health care contributions for new retirees to 2 percent of annuities.
Sergeants also would get a 9 percent pay raise spread over four years while maintaining the $1,800-a-year uniform allowance and $3,220 in annual duty availability pay that supplements their income.