Making sense of chaos

The Sheriff's Admin and County Labor relations met with every bargaining unit in the Sheriff's Office to try to make some sense on how this is 28 day schedule to be implemented.

This was our Teamster input:

1. Days off must be primarily decided by seniority. To make things less burdensome for our newer employees everyone should be required to work at least one weekend a month. *Dog watchers who put in for 2 or more days off together should be granted those for recovery time. Also we asked that each member be given 2 "dot" days each 28 day period for days you absolutely have to have off, i.e. getting married, etc.

2. 8 hours work for 8 hours pay. Our day begins and ends in the locker room.

3. We expect the 1.5% inconvenient work schedule pay we gave up for our present holiday arrangement to be restored with the implementation of the 28 day schedule on May 24, 2009. Article 3, sections 2 and 3 of our Agreement.

4. We expect 10% of our staff to be allowed off on Vacation per day.

In addition,
*Because the schedule changed after the Prime Time Vacation bid, Prime Time Vacation for 2009 should be honored in the manner it has been implemented for the past 30 years. In other words the 3 days before and after Prime Time Vacation should be allowed as regular days off. OOOVVVVVVOOO

IMPORTANT: They will attempt to accommodate every one's off days they put in that are adjacent to their prime time vacation THIS year only. When we are able to submit our preferences it is vitally important that you write in the remarks section that this is part of your vacation