McCarthy Election Flyer: Compare the candidates on Fernald, Accreditation, State Funding for WHS, Beaver St. Bridge and Union Contracts
Union Contracts
School | State Rep. and City Councillor Stanley | |||
| All school union contracts are up to date. All were agreed to without outside mediation or arbitration. |  | Goes to union meetings, but never asks Mayor or city bargaining agent what the issues are. | ||
Municipal All 9 municipal contracts are up to date. | | As a City Councillor doesn’t offer to help! | ||
 | Fire union went to state arbitration for 2 contracts. First decision issued on Oct. 11, 2013; Second decision issued on May 28, 2015. | | Offers no solutions to Departments’ issues. | |
| Police (patrol and superiors) filed for arbitration on the first contract. Patrol decision issued on May 19, 2015. | | Offers no plan to balance all unions’ demands. | |
| Library union and dispatchers union filed for state mediation and both were resolved. | | Politicizes issues. | |
| Once patrol and second fire decision were issued, police superiors’ and second patrol contracts were settled in Waltham. | | Takes big $ from local and state unions. | |
| All other union contracts (laborers, middle managers, mechanics and traffic supervisors) were resolved in Waltham, without outside mediation or arbitration. | LEADERSHIP FOR WHOM? | |||
There were some contentious issues that had to be resolved.
Police Issues | Library | |||
 | Reasonable notice to Dept: if not coming into work; to sign up for details; and to use time owed (compensatory time). | | Mayor/Trustees/Dept. were trying to keep the library open on weekends in the summer. | |
Why? | | Contract had to be changed to allow City to hire people for weekends. | ||
| Often Dept. has to scramble to fill shifts with last minute notice that officer is not coming in. | Fire | ||
| On-duty officers are held back from going home until a replacement officer can be found. | Union Demands | ||
| Officer safety and public safety involved. | | First contract $5+ million (3 yrs.) | |
State Arbitration Panel / Patrol Contract | | Second contract $7+ million (3 yrs.) (City had cost at $6+ million) $11+ million demand for 166 firefighters over 6 year period. | ||
State Arbitration Panel / Patrol Contract | ||||
| 16 hrs advance notice now required to sign up for details. | Those demands are not sustainable to the Waltham taxpayers. Cost of Arbitrator award 1st contract $1.27 million; Arbitrator award 2nd contract $3.04 million. (Cost with compounding) | ||
| Chief has sole discretion to use all page system to fill shifts. | |||
| After patrol arbitration decision, patrol, superiors and Chief agreed to 4 hours advance notice to use time owed. | |||
LEADERSHIP FOR OFFICER SAFETY, PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENTS, CITIZENS, PATRONS AND TAXPAYERS. | ||||