EDITORIAL: Pay up, Kamenetz
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That's a little extreme and of questionable legality, in that
The issues at hand are a bit convoluted, but the story goes like this:
In 2007,
The FOP filed a grievance on behalf of those officers who retired between 1992 and 2007, arguing that the memorandums of understanding they had in place during those years guaranteed them an 85 percent subsidy from the time of their retirement until they became eligible for
The county appealed that decision to circuit court, arguing that the matter never should have gone to arbitration. The requirement that contract disputes be settled by an arbitrator expired along with those contracts, the county argued. Moreover, the county contended that the HCRC had the authority to retroactively change retirees health benefits. The circuit court disagreed, ruling in favor of the union.
The reasoning is a bit technical, but it boils down to two things. First, the
The court, rather pointedly, did not address the county's contentions about the HCRC, and now
He says that's a fight worth fighting because, as he sees it, the issue is bigger than the FOP retirees. At this point, the county owes the 439 FOP retirees -- initially, it was 442, but three have died while this dispute has dragged on --
Perhaps
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