Chicago Police Sergeants' Association
Contract
Contract Questionnaire -- Give us your thoughts on the next contract.
Contract 2007-2011 Update: 03 July 2008
Contract negotiations continue to progress. We are currently discussing wage packages, duty availability and supervisor quarterly increases. We continue to press for increases in biddable positions. Several contract negotiation sessions have been spent on discussing maintenance of C.R. files, drug and alcohol testing, economic packages and clarifying ambiguous language that exists in the current contract.
We are still hopeful in being able to present a contract to our members for review and ratification this year.
We continue to meet weekly with our labor attorneys and advisors in developing our proposals/demands and reviewing the City's counter proposals. The next contract negotiation meeting with the City is scheduled for 16th July 08.
John Pallohusky
President
Chicago Police Sergeants Associations
Contract 2007-2011 Update: 13 May 2008
Since I last updated our members on the progress of the contract negotiations the following issues have been discussed at the bargaining table.
- Length of the contract
- Health Insurance
- Discipline issues and the grievance process.
- Random drug and alcohol testing (on-duty & off-duty involved incidents).
- Bidding and Watch selection process; including expanding biddable units.
- Economic issues (wage increases, duty availability, quarterly differential and uniform allowance).
- Pension issues
- Reduction from the current age of 60 at time of retirement for health insurance premiums to be paid by the employer.
- Holidays, B.F.D.’s and P-Days
- Promotional process
- Detail pay and working out-of-grade.
The above captioned topics will be discussed in more detail at the next General Membership Meeting on 15 May 2008.
The next contract negotiation meeting with the City is scheduled for 5 June 08.
John Pallohusky
President
Chicago Police Sergeants Associations
Contract 2007-08 Update: 02 February 2008
The contract negotiating meeting which was scheduled for 29 Jan 08 was cancelled due to scheduling conflicts on the part of the City.
Since the negotiation meeting with the City was cancelled we utilized this session to further discuss our issues with our attorneys and develop an agenda to ensure that upcoming negotiations continue in a progressive manner. We hope now that Superintendent Jody Weis is officially at the helm of the Department that the City will be in a position to discuss operational issues.
The next contract meeting with the City is scheduled for 20 February 08.
John Pallohusky
President
Chicago Police Sergeants Associations
Contract 2007-08 Update: 24 January 2008
On 22 January 2008 we had our 7th formal contract meeting with the City since we began negotiations this past August.
Both sides of the bargaining table have presented various proposals and discussions are moving forward. Thus far the major focus has been on health insurance related issues, discipline / intervention procedures and current contract verbiage. Economic issues such as salary increases and benefit packages have yet to be presented and discussed.
As of this last meeting no formal agreements have been reached. Several of our members have inquired as to when we might expect the contract to be formalized and presented to the membership. At this point due to economic issues and ensuring that our member’s contractual rights are preserved it would be premature for me to speculate on a completion date. It is our position, as well as the City’s that it is in the best interest of all parties to reach an agreement in an expeditious manner.
The next contract meeting with the City is scheduled for 29 January 08. We have also scheduled two meetings for February.
John Pallohusky
President
Chicago Police Sergeants Associations
Contract 2007 Update: 08 November 07
Contract negotiations are moving forward. This past 10 Oct 07 was our third formal meeting with the City. Several more dates have already been schedule through November.
So far the City has made a presentation outlining health insurance issues which included provisions that we had previously proposed during past contract negotiations. We view this as a positive step in moving these negotiations forward.
Based upon input received from our members we have presented to the City several proposals and issues for discussion. As of the last meeting on 10 Oct 07 several issues are being discussed, but no agreements have been formalized
The next contract meeting with the City is scheduled for 14 Nov 07.
John Pallohusky
President
Chicago Police Sergeants Associations
Contract 2007 Update: 25 Sept 07
When we first met with the City on 16 Aug 2007 we presented them with a “Letter of Retroactivity” and requested that they formally agree to it by signing the document. The City refused, citing the PB & PA’s (Unit 156a – Sergeants) 2005 interest arbitration which the City believed created a position which was inconsistent with previously established past practices of both parties.
Our position was simple, we informed the City we would not proceed with these negotiations without securing these important safeguards for our members. On 10 Sept 07, the City agreed to sign a “Letter of Retroactivity.” This agreement was presented at the last contract negotiation meeting on 18 Sept 07.
The “Agreement” covers the following two important areas.
In the event negotiations do not conclude by June 30, 2007, the City agrees that economic increases, including but not limited to, wage, allowance, salary and pay increases agreed to by the parties shall be retroactive to July,1, 2007, unless the parties mutually agree to another date.
Any bargaining unit member who retires, dies, or voluntarily leaves the bargaining unit between the current contract expiration date and approval by the City Council of Chicago of any successor collective bargaining agreement between Unit 156 PB & PA and the City of Chicago, shall receive all increases in economic benefits including, but not limited to, wage, allowance, salary, pay and/or bonus to which he/she would have been entitled during the period the member was employed between date of contract expiration and leaving of the bargaining unit as described.
The next formal meeting for negotiations with the City of Chicago is tentatively scheduled for 28 Sept 07.
Sincerely,
John Pallohusky
President – C.P.S.A
Update: 16 Sept 07
On 16 August 07, we met with representatives of the City of Chicago and the Police Department to formally commence contract negotiations. Prior to this, we had several meetings and discussions with our labor attorneys and advisors to discuss strategy and devise an action plan.
Our contract requests and plan is partly based upon the input that we have received thus far from our membership. I would like to thank all our members that have taken the time to provide some very thoughtful and constructive suggestions concerning the next contract. I encourage any member who has not yet provided their input to submit their concerns via the contract link on the Web site.
Some of the issues raised by our members are concerns over insurance rates, medical benefits, retirement benefits, wages, bids, overtime issues, discipline, residency, work schedules and enhanced benefits. At this time, we feel that it would be a disadvantage to our strategy to list specific details concerning issues that are being presented during the negotiation process.
I want to assure our members that your concerns are being heard and that our goal is to aggressively negotiate in the best interest of all our members. It is my intention to keep the membership informed of the progress of these ongoing negotiations and post updates and details when feasible. I believe this is the best way to keep our members informed and to provide for a process so that our members can continue to provide their suggestions and input on an ongoing basis.
The next formal meeting for negotiations with the City of Chicago is tentatively scheduled for 18 Sept 07.
Sincerely,
John Pallohusky
President
Future Contract: 01 July 2007 through 30 June 2011
We will be holding a series of open informal sessions for any of our members who wish to stop by to discuss issues and concerns for the upcoming contract negotiations. These sessions will be scheduled during various times and D.O.G.’s. In addition, we will be sending out a survey seeking input from our members. This survey will also be available on-line at our Web site.
The first meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 23 May 2007 at the Association’s Offices located at 1616 W. Pershing Rd. from 1100hrs. – 1230hrs.
John Pallohusky
President